[Public-List] the through hull is done-- "red brass"

[Randy Katz]

Greetings, -

I finished the new through hull and am back in the water at the
    marina.

Everything seems to be working fine. Learned that there are no bronze
     pipe nipples, but that people use "red brass" instead, which is
     nearly as good. I'm assuming so for now. (This was for a cockpit
     drain fitting at the seacock.)

Jordon-- sorry to have missed you. Let's keep in touch-- we'll hook up
     at some point. We're leaving Mon/Tues for a final 2 week trip
     before school begins.

  Regards,
Randy Katz
#249


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Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:48:27 -0700 
From: Jordan Sly <jrsly at hotmail.com> 
Subject: Re: [Public-List] removing through-hull with 5200 on it 
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Randy, 

Does this mean that you are back at Colony? I didn't see your boat
last night when I was sanding away. I will be back down there tonight
sanding again, I will look around for your boat.

Jordan 

Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:02:20 -0700 
From: randyk at bertschi.org 
To: public-list at lists.alberg30.org 
Subject: Re: [Public-List] removing through-hull with 5200 on it 

Greetings, All, 

Wanted to report back on efforts to remove the just-installed 
through-hull which I originally embedded using 3M 5200. 

Decided to take apart the week old work because I realized the 
importance of having metals that match on the through-hull 
fitting and the seacock, bronze being the standard. I had 
installed a through-hull fitting of unknown metal content 
figuring what the heck-- had second thoughts. 

I was lucky! I'd used 5200 with the one-week cure time. I hadn't 
noticed that there are several different cure times, and that 
they vary along with the colors. @ 12 days after the original 
installation I was expecting to have to cut the boat apart to get 
that nasty 5200 out. Imagine my surprise when, with some ramped 
up tugging on the seacock using a pipe wrench, I was able to 
unscrew the thing right off. A miracle, thought I. 

Getting the t-hull fitting out was another story. I could turn it with
a pipe wrench on it's threads from the inside, but couldn't push 
it out. Resorting to the classic threaded bolt puller worked like 
a charm. 

FORGET ABOUT USING 5200? 
Having read about caulks since the original installation, I understood
that some people sweat that 5200 has no place on a boat. The very 
helpful fellow at Redden Marine in Bellingham, was persuasively of 
that school. A sailboat owner for many decades, he's always used 
Boat Life caulk. He recommended 4200 if wanting to stick with 3M 
products. I'm sure many Albergers have a variety of thoughts on 
this. 

I went with 4200 second time around. (It is also listed as suitable 
for through-hull fittings.) The other t-hulls installed with 5200 
will have to be dealt with by the next owner, some decades from 
now. Of course, I'm assuming that A-30s will be plying the seas 
and waterways for ANOTHER 40 years. 

HOpe this info is helpful to someone. 

Regards, 
Randy Katz 
#249 
Seattle/Bellingham, WA,