Agreed with Fred, first choice machine screws, second larger, and third and
fourth - bodywork clips or heavily glass-filled epoxy.
I did a bunch of the latter this season and found that drilling the (new) holes
then 'tapping' with a modified wood screw worked well. By modified I mean
grinding a flat on one side at the pointed end. This provides a cutting edge of
sorts and provides clearance for waste to exit.
Dave - 33-2 windstar (currently moored at aquatic park Toronto, awaiting
tonight's wind shift).
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 20:59:02 +0000
From: Josh Muckley <muckl...@gmail.com>
To: "C&C List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Subject: Re: Stus-List Filling stripped screw holes in fiberglass +
core
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I would try larger screws first. If you can get to the back then machine
screws and nylocks might be an upgrade. I wouldn't hesitate to use west
system epoxy but would lean towards using the west system 5 minute g/flex
product.
Josh Muckley
S/V Sea Hawk
1989 C&C 37+
Solomons, MD
On Aug 9, 2016 4:46 PM, "Joel Aronson via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
wrote:
> I need to are rebed some hardware that is screwed in to the cabin, and
> several screw holes are stripped.? I'm going to use butyl for the
> hardware, but is epoxy the best thing to fill the screw holes? Does it
> need to be West, or is any waterproof hardware store epoxy sufficient?
>
> --
> Joel
> 301 541 8551
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