[Public-list] RE: Public-list Digest, Vol 114, Issue 1

[Roger L. Kingsland]

Ross,

You wrote;

Why do you want to level the "floor" of the cockpit lockers?  And why
> use silicone or any other permanent goo?  The lockers are small enough
> as it is to hold all of the stuff I want to put in there and are
> positively tiny when I try to cram my 6'2'' carcass in there to work on
> the stuffing box.  If you merely want a level surface some lightweight
> removable floorboards would do the trick.

I write;

The total length of the silicone is only about 14".  The primary reason for
using a waterproof solution is I wanted to move the locker drains into the
engine area aft.  This prevents water draining from the lockers and making
its way onto the cabin sole which occurred before (probably unique to my
boat).  BTW it is not flat; I lowered the trailer tongue (now set up so the
boat is in same attitude as when floating) about a foot so the forward end
of the "filler" is higher than the aft end where the drain is.

One thing that occurred to me since is to make a loose plywood "floor board"
and float about an !' of self leveling silicone on top.  This would cost
less, weigh less and I might be able to access the cavity in a pinch by
pealing back the silicone.  I am thinking of doing the other locker and
Lazarett that way.  Any thgoughts?

Roger


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Horton, Ross G." <rhorton at pwcgov.org>
To: <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 9:43 AM
Subject: [Public-list] RE: Public-list Digest, Vol 114, Issue 1


>
>
> Roger
> PERFECT intentions. A30 #148
>
> PS - speaking of self leveling silicone, I tried some in a seat locker
> to raise the height of the bottom.  I drilled a new drainage hole about
> 12" aft of the forward bulkhead and plugged the old one with a paper
> towel.  I lowered the trailer tongue and pumped in two large tubes of
> the stuff  so it was up to the bottom of the new drain hole.  As you
> might imagine, the stuff is really watery (does that mean it has low or
> high viscosity?).  From the engine compartment I noticed some leakage
> form the old drainage hole and I forced more paper towel in with a screw
> driver and waited till I thought the leak had stopped.  Thinking this
> was sufficient, I went home, had a beer and congratulated myself on how
> clever I was.  I checked the locker the next day and everything looked
> fine but when I tapped the flat surface of the new
> silicone, it was not solid but a membrane like a drum.   You guessed it,
> my
> drain hole seal had failed and, although the top had cured. the interior
> was still liquid and it all drained (lava like) into my newly painted
> bilge (I don't suppose anyone knows how to get globs of silicone up;
> man. that stuff really sticks).  When I do the other side, I will first
> patch with fiberglass then test by filling with water.  If I were really
> clever (which I keep learning I'm not), I would save some weight by
> allowing the skin to cure then drain the uncured silicon into a can and
> use it somewhere else.
>
>
> Roger,
>
> Why do you want to level the "floor" of the cockpit lockers?  And why
> use silicone or any other permanent goo?  The lockers are small enough
> as it is to hold all of the stuff I want to put in there and are
> positively tiny when I try to cram my 6'2'' carcass in there to work on
> the stuffing box.  If you merely want a level surface some lightweight
> removable floorboards would do the trick.
>
> Ross Horton
> Delphi #40
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