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84SN2001 
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I have a few loose screws holding the seat brackets on my '84 SN 2001. I was wondering if their is a product that you could put into the screw holes so that way when you put in the screw it wont strip out the wood?? Maybee wood glue? The floor is solid and the stringers are good because the boat has been stored in a garage its whole life when not in use!! Its an awsome all orginal boat in perfect condition!! ; )
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: June-11-2010 at 1:23pm |
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Brien,
No on the wood glue. Inject the hole with thickened epoxy and then redrill pilot holes after it cures. BTW, Just because a boat has been garage kept, doesn't mean there aren't rot issues below. It goes in the water once and water gets into the wood. Once in there, it stays!! |
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Posted: June-11-2010 at 1:26pm |
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Just regular epoxy from the auto store?
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Posted: June-11-2010 at 4:32pm |
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The problem with regular epoxy you find at the auto or the hardware will be it's viscosity and the reason I mentioned "filled" to thicken it up. It may just run through the hole. You could try one of the epoxys that has the spiral mixing disposable tips but a couple applications may be needed. They usually come with a couple of the tips. |
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Posted: June-11-2010 at 5:12pm |
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I used the two part epoxy with the mixing tube dispensor, the quick set stuff I believe when I needed to fill in the screw holes for the orginal metal correct craft emblem that was on the 79 and where broke, when I replaced it with the non-orginal plastic chrome and black emblem which was supposedly the correct emblem for that era, funny how only two of the holes lined up though and the metal ones weren't available any more. 
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Posted: June-11-2010 at 9:52pm |
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The old woodworkers trick is to take either flat or round toothpicks, coat them in wood glue and just put them in the screw hole wntil it is full. When the glue is dry the hole can be redrilled or the same screw can be replaced with the glue still wet without redrilling. I have used this many years when refinishing furniture or miss drilling a project. In a water situation you may want to seat the screws in 3M 5200. This is the easiest most efficient long term fix I have ever used.
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: June-11-2010 at 10:24pm |
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Wayne, The toothpick trick is great on furniture or the loose hinge but I would never use it on a boat. Don't use it on your wood spray rails! 
The 5200 will hold the screw in just like you did with your rub rail but won't allow you to tighten the screw. Stick with epoxy for hole repair. Allow it to cure, drill a slightly larger pilot hole in the epoxy than you would in wood and run the screw back in. |
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Posted: June-12-2010 at 12:23am |
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You are right Pete. My suggestion should have specified that I was only talking about repairing the wood to hold a screw in the hinge. Wood dowels and even wooden golf tees also work for worn out screw holes in wood. I still need to use the epoxy for my rub rails where no wood is available.
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