[Public-list] Caulking lazerette/packing gland nut

[Roger L. Kingsland]

Ed,

I will have to check RE the locking nut.  I got the one part silicone at a
local lumber yard.  As you might imagine, it is quite runny.

Roger

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <EddieDiver at aol.com>
To: <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 2:40 PM
Subject: [Public-list] Caulking lazerette/packing gland nut


> Roger; I have never heard of "self-leveling" silicone. There are
> self-leveling polyurethanes and epoxies for floors and sidewalks. If the
silicone is a
> one-part, right out of the tube or can, it cures from the exposed
surfaces in.
> As you have discovered, it will skin over, dry to the  touch, quite
quickly
> but 2 inches would take a long time to cure  completely. A two component
> silicone (or polyurethane or epoxy) comes in 2  containers and must be
mixed. One of
> the 2 components is a catalyst and it cures  almost too quick.
>
> Many of the one-part sealants cure in the presence of moisture. If the
> caulking is performed on a dry day, it will take longer to cure. Do the
directions
> suggest spraying with water?
>
> I am in the process of drilling new larger drainage holes in my
lazerettes.
> I am also cutting out a larger access port in the port lazerette, while
the
> boat  is in the water. Three people, taking turns, drilling a series of
> connecting  holes with a battery-powered spade bit drill.
>
> Looking at my prop shaft packing gland thru the cockpit sole hole or the
> small port in the lazerette, I can not get close enough to see a separate
> locking nut on the packing gland. Every one I've seenand all of the Alberg
links
> show a separate locking nut. Do you have one?
>
> Ed. Schroeder #303 Emotional Rescue
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