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04-29-2003, 09:26 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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Marine TEX
Just tried some of this white miracle goop to make repairs to an aluminum hull (HOLE)and Now i have one less leak to deal with.
it cost around $25.00 bucks but it was worth it i think.  yay! |
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04-29-2003, 02:10 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
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Raven,
Marine Tex is also great stuff for repairing Gel coat.
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04-29-2003, 07:23 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Quincy
Posts: 4,145
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I just used some last weekend.
Sets up real hard. I still got a couple of spots to "touch-up".
MM: Repair gelcoat?, how can you get it smooth enough is like peanut butter.
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04-29-2003, 10:28 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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marine tex and metal
well i wrote that thread based on the fact that marine tex adhered to metal extremely well...where as before i was skim coating with bondo (resin based) then #criss cross scratching it before it hardened and then applying fiberglass cloth / resin to fix anything metal. Doing anything fiberglass is a no brainer and it lasts forever but with the moisture retention of bondo (porosity) the repairs to anything metal rust out again.So its nice to have a different and better product for metal in my selection of tools.  |
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04-30-2003, 06:51 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
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Van,
You mix it up and put more than enough on to fill the crack, hole, etc, and then let it set up. Then sand with a sanding block and progressively finer grades of sandpaper after you get down to 800 wet sanding hit it with a couple of coats of rubbing compound and it will come out like new gel coat.
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05-06-2003, 04:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Cranberry Coast Gateway 2 Cape Cod
Posts: 4,143
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marine tex
the person who sold me my boat put marine tex on the aluminum
head it held for 2 years till last week ,when the exhaust manifold gasket blew out , now i got the engine apart and getting the head welded up , if all goes well in water 2 week's ,link
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