[Public-List] Sail track rivets on mast - SS Machine screws

[Jeffrey]

Jamestown has Tuf-Gel:

http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=546&familyName=Ultra+Tef-Gel

-jeff


Jeff Fongemie
#116 Seagrass

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On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 4:34 AM, John Birch <Sunstone at cogeco.ca> wrote:

> Glenn,
>
> Sikkens products should be widely available in the States. Tefgel, also at
> any good rigger. For sure at Norseman in Fla. 3M 4200 would likely do fine.
> Yes it will act as an anti seize.
>
> John
>
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>
>  John,
>>
>> Can you elaborate on the Skinnens beading compound you used, and what it
>> is?  I've never seen it or the Tuffgell product in the US.
>>
>> would it prevent ss bolts used to secure an aluminum or SS cleat to a
>> mast from seizing up?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Glenn Brooks
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Mar 26, 2012, at 10:07 AM, "John Birch" <Sunstone at cogeco.ca> wrote:
>>
>>  We went 316 SS Machine screws on Sunstone, an A-37, Great Lakes boat.
>>> Same mast manufacturer, when we did a major overhaul of the rig. Used
>>> Sikkens 291, now called something else, but the adhesive version. Felt
>>> locktight might be too corrosive, TefGel being non adhesive at all. Didn't
>>> want the machine screws to work loose. So far, no problems - the work was
>>> done at Klacko Spars in Bronte Ontario back in 1997.
>>>
>>> Pulled a couple of machine screws to check, after acetoning out the
>>> holes, no whitish aluminum oxide present, looked like the threads had been
>>> cut yesterday. Then rebedded them with more Sikkens. None are loose.
>>>
>>> Haven't taken the boat offshore in the ocean yet, but given the salinity
>>> of the upper Chesapeake, I imaging it would be just fine.
>>>
>>> Danny Klacko recommended this approach - he does great work and knows
>>> his stuff.
>>>
>>> Hope this is a help
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>  Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I need to do something about the main sail track. I know many of the
>>>> rivets
>>>> are bad, last season we kept finding rivets heads on the deck!
>>>>
>>>> I've read through past messages in the list archives to see what others
>>>> have done. I can't decide between hunting down monel rivets, tapping
>>>> for SS
>>>> machine screws or just keeping replacing aluminum with aluminum.  I like
>>>> the idea of ss machine screws but I'm concerned about corrosion even
>>>> with
>>>> the use of products like TefGel.
>>>>
>>>> Has there been some newly formed consensus on the subject? Anyone go the
>>>> machine screw route and find it became a problem due to corrosion of the
>>>> threads in the aluminum holes?
>>>>
>>>> -Jeff
>>>>
>>>> Jeff Fongemie
>>>> #116 Seagrass
>>>>
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