[Rhodes22-list] Sealant

[cowie]

Enclosed is a photo of the rail at the cabin top and what I assume is a plug
that if removed will provide access to the nut.  I plan to experiment next
weekend.  Also a couple of photos of my first mate.





Daniel Johnson-10 wrote:
> 
> stan's advice seems to be exactly what ought to be done, except the nuts
> for
> the hand rail are not easily accessible (at least on my boat).
> 
> Dan
> 
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 12:08 PM, cowie <ccowie at cowieassociates.com>
> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Thanks for the article.  My new R22 has a slight rain leak on the port
>> side
>> where the hand rail connects thru the cabin top.  The following is what
>> stan
>> told me that might be helpful to you.
>>
>>
>> > the real way to really solve a rain leak (notice we cleverly omit rain
>> > leaks
>> > form the guarantees) is to back off on the nuts and remove (or in this
>> > case
>> > raise) the hardware part and put sealant around the fastener -But then
>> > only
>> > lightly set it back in place until the sealant gels to from a gasket.
>> > Otherwise you re-tighten and just squeeze out the sealant.   This way
>> you
>> > do
>> > not do a finally tightening until the sealant has set to form a gasket.
>> > Keep us posted.
>>
>>
>>
>> Baywind wrote:
>> >
>> > Great article by Don Casey:
>> >  http://www.boatus.com/boattech/casey/35.htm Link
>> >
>> >
>>
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