Thanks Charlie that's what I used the first time snd the second time I used 6-10 epoxy and sanded the surfaces and cleaned them before gluing and clamping them for several days.
Makes me wonder if I should use GE Plexus again! Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 22, 2021, at 8:20 PM, cenelson <cenel...@aol.com> wrote: > > I have used the Plexus (I think) that Lewmar recommended on two different > small hatches on my 1995 C&C. > > One I think I did twice in 25+ years, the other is still holding. > > Given the stress that can be put on the handle/portlight plastic ‘joint’, I > was amazed that it held at all—certainly would not want to get that Plexus on > my fingers! > > BTW, of the 3 ‘failures’, 2 were the result of crew stepping on the plastic > while the hatch was held in the ‘cracked open’ position or open but with the > handle turned.. > > One thing I did not do was to try to clean-up the old ‘glue’ since some was > left on both surfaces and removing it would have been a PITA. I otherwise > followed the directions and used a C-clamp to squeeze the handle to the > plexiglass during the curing process. > > YMMV, > > Charlie Nelson > Water Phantom > 1995 C&C XL/kcb > > > Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS > > On Thursday, July 22, 2021, 6:08 PM, Rod Stright via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Anyone have experience with securing the handle on the small hatch handle. > The handle in this case is glued to the hatch and is not through bolted like > the bigger hatches. The newer version has a bolt through handle so I assume > they have lost of issues with the handles falling off. I have used two types > of epoxies recommended by Lewmar and neither has worked. > > > > Rod > > Halifax > > 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
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
