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What is the "go to" sealant for riveted hull boats.
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<blockquote data-quote="Johnny" data-source="post: 416930" data-attributes="member: 13599"><p>keep in mind, you are only sealing the rivets - not the whole hull.</p><p>#1 with cost being a consideration, I would recommend just bucking</p><p>the rivets - hammering them back to the way they should be. (that part is <em>FREE</em>)</p><p>fill the boat with water first to mark the leakers and go from there.</p><p>a tube of <strong>3M-5200 <u>FAST CURE</u></strong> is about 12 bucks a tube but goes </p><p>a LONG way with just doing rivets and seams that leak.</p><p>Gluvit and SteelFlex is for coating the whole hull - not individual rivets,</p><p>but, will work if you have any on hand. Expensive to buy a quart kit of it.</p><p>Pappy recommends CA (medium body super glue).</p><p>seal from the outside - not the inside.</p><p>back to #1 = rebuck the rivets.</p><p></p><p>jus my Dos Centavos</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Johnny, post: 416930, member: 13599"] keep in mind, you are only sealing the rivets - not the whole hull. #1 with cost being a consideration, I would recommend just bucking the rivets - hammering them back to the way they should be. (that part is [i]FREE[/i]) fill the boat with water first to mark the leakers and go from there. a tube of [b]3M-5200 [u]FAST CURE[/u][/b] is about 12 bucks a tube but goes a LONG way with just doing rivets and seams that leak. Gluvit and SteelFlex is for coating the whole hull - not individual rivets, but, will work if you have any on hand. Expensive to buy a quart kit of it. Pappy recommends CA (medium body super glue). seal from the outside - not the inside. back to #1 = rebuck the rivets. jus my Dos Centavos . [/QUOTE]
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