Hey Ron, 3M Heavy Duty clear Shipping Tape; Walmart, CVS, most anywhere. Clean surface first with a solvent like acetone, let dry before applying tape. Works great. If the hole is bigger than 3/4", apply a second piece like a cross. When you remove the tape, the hole will be flush and smooth.
I use West Epoxy and 404 high density filler cause it's offwhite and stronger than the others. Chuck Scheaffer Resolute 1989 34R, near Annapolis > On 02/16/2021 9:46 PM Martin DeYoung via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > > > Ron, as part of Calypso’s way too long restoration project we have > filled over 250 deck holes with different viscosities of epoxy. > > > > In short we found most tapes to provide poor sealing of the hole allowing > lower viscosity epoxy to drip/ooze out. Early on in our learning process I > had lots of epoxy in my hair. > > > > -Use a thick (high viscosity) 5 minute epoxy to seal the bottom of the > hole. Works great but you will need to watch for bubbles forming in the hole. > > -Use a wide packing tape on smooth surfaces. Has worked well with epoxy > made thick with Cabosil and other fillers, both high and low density. We > used ground glass fibers for holes that would not be used again. For holes > that needed small repairs and sealing prior to being re-used we would pick a > West Systems low density filler like 407 or 410. For particularly structural > hole repairs we cut round pieces of glass cloth to help fill the holes. > > -use a small piece of mylar or similar “slippery” film and a quick drying > masking compound. I got our mylar and masking compound from electrical > manufacturing sources back when I was involved with that industry. If you > are interested I will look up the manufacturer of the masking compound. > > > > For blind holes, thicken epoxy can be forced up with the same squeeze > tube used by cake decorators. Get the thicker film type. A quick hack is to > use a zip-lock bag and cut out the corner. > > > > To avoid boring those listers not excited about mixing epoxy, let me know > if you want to dig deeper into the topic of the epoxy hole filling arts > offline. > > > > Martin DeYoung > > Calypso > > 1971 C&C 43 > > Now Seattle > > Soon Port Ludlow (after 2 months in the Port Townsend yard for paint) > > > > From: Ronald B. Frerker via CnC-List mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 3:26 PM > To: Matthew via CnC-List mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Ronald B. Frerker mailto:rbfrer...@yahoo.com > Subject: Stus-List Re: adding tracks to deck > > > > Do you do anything special to keep the epoxy in place until you can put > some tape under the glob? > > Ron > > Wild Cheri > > C&C 30-1 > > STL > > > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help > with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu >
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
