Jimi: Thanks a lot. I use JB Weld all the time for other things, but just never
thought about it in these terms. I’ll try it. Chuck
From: Jimi, AKA Desert Eagle
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 9:03 AM
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [VFB] Repairing my boat's tiny cracks, and pinholes
Joyce: That’s what this is, the short haired fiberglass. I sure wish my wife
would buy me a TIG welder and this wouldn’t even be an issue, since I have been
a certified welder for over 20 yrs. I have a MIG welder, but you need a MIG
welder that has the shielding gas with it, and mine is flux
Tony: I’ll give it a try for sure. I wonder that, since the two hairline cracks
are right where you step when getting in and out of the boat, and it puts a LOT
of stress on the outside bottom of the boat, should I do as Jimi said and “JB
Weld the “patch” over the holes and/or cracks, would it
Allan: No, the boat is aluminum, but I had been fixing it with fiberglass, but
had to redo it every cpl yrs, cause it would crack right at the original crack,
or the fiberglass would come unstuck to the boat. very tiny cracks, but just
enough to have to run the sump pump every half hour or so.
Its called an AL3 rod Home Depot sells them for around $3.00 a pack and you
need a propane tourch nothing hotter they melt ar 750 degrees.
Gary
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From: Chuck Alexander
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB]
I see. That’s good cause we have a Home Depot not but about 15 miles from me.
Chuck
From: the smiths
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 4:26 PM
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [VFB] boat cracks
Its called an AL3 rod Home Depot sells them for around $3.00 a pack and you
need a
Gary: I’m going to check those out, because it’s been yrs since I did anything
like that as a welder, and when I did, the Propane alone wasn’t hot enough
(specially since aluminum conducts heat away from the torch’s flame sooo fast,
that you had to have a brazing rod, which took Oxy Acetyline
Either that of I’m a knuckle head LOL.. Don’t answer that one anybody LOL...
Chuck
From: Wayne Blake-Hedges
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 4:57 PM
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [VFB] boat cracks
I think the general consensus is the fiberglass coating did not bond to
the
Ah Ha: I found them. I’m posting this link in case anybody else needs them.
Chuck
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Bernzomatic-AL3-Aluminum-Brazing-and-Welding-Rods-334491/203710179#
Last time I ever did any of this type brazing, all we ever had was this link
below. I was in school for welding, and
Yes Chuck, clean off the old fiberglass, a lot of times you can just peal it up
when you get ti started. Use a disk sander rather than a grinder, the grinder
is to rough and thins the metal before you know it. As to the stress point, yes
2 patches cut and drill together so as to match the drill
Jimi: Thanks a lot. I may just go this route, because then I’ll know I have a
mechanical patch as well as a chemical one too. Chuck
From: Jimi, AKA Desert Eagle
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 7:26 PM
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [VFB] boat cracks
Yes Chuck, clean off the old
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