[Public-List] Re-bedding cockpit coamings

[Kris Coward]

On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 12:22:39PM -0400, George Dinwiddie wrote:
> Jonathan,
> 
> On 3/24/14, 10:41 AM, Jonathan Adams wrote:
> >All,
> >
> >After all the discussion a few months ago about getting the coamings
> >off, I took mine off - very hard in cold weather when 5200 was used
> >to bed it down. I go thtem all off in one piece, although I imagine
> >that it is not hard to split things if you try and go too fast.
> >
> >Anyway - time to put them back on. Mike L is a fan of the 4000
> >sealant over 5200 as it has a UV protection the others do not have.
> >Any other suggestions? Any advice in general. These ones are getting
> >so thin versus what they were originally, this i sprobably the last
> >time they come off in one piece!
> 
> I used neoprene gaskets, and then a bead of caulking along the
> deck/coaming joint.

I haven't used it for coamings, but used bicycle inner tubes also make
good gaskets (or as I like to think of them: free sheets of butyl
rubber). You can get as many as you want for free at most bike shops.

-Kris

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