Don’t know anything about Six10. If you decide to use good ole West System, the cotton fiber thickener is probably better than colloidal silica for through bolting. You don’t need much strength, and the cotton fiber allows the epoxy to soak into the surrounding wood. If you decide to tap into the cured epoxy as Josh suggested, colloidal silica will provide more strength. I can provide the product numbers if you’re interested.
From: Josh Muckley via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 8:59 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Josh Muckley Subject: Re: Stus-List companionway bulkhead installation If you're positive about through bolting then yes a thickened epoxy can be injected. I wouldn't overbore, just drill your holes. Six10 is expensive but the convenience and ease are invaluable. It is already the required thickness to simply stick the nozzle up to your hole and inject. You might want to think about only drilling the first layer, injecting, and then drill and tap your mounting holes in the cured epoxy without actually penetrating the back layer. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Wed, Apr 18, 2018, 6:44 PM Mark G via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: I plan to install a Ram swing mount to the inside of the bulkhead adjacent to the companionway on my C&C 25. This will allow me to see my Garmin while I'm sailing but stow it out of the way when the hatch boards are in place. Having removed and reinstalled an old instrument from the bulkhead, I know there is an uneven gap of about 3/4" between the cabin liner that forms the forward face of the bulkhead and the deck liner that forms the aft face of the bulkhead. I want the base of the mount to be fairly secure so I'll probably secure it with screws through both the cabin and deck liner. Should I just drill the holes for the screws overrsized and fill with thickened epoxy similar to installing deck hardware? Can you do that with a vertical surface as opposed to a horizontal surface? Any suggestions (or alternatives)? Mark C&C 25 Williwaw _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
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