[Rhodes22-list] Sealant

[cowie]

Dave:

Thanks, that makes sense, the water could be migrating from the chain plate.



David Bradley wrote:
> 
> Chris, one suggestion...  before you remove the hand rails, be sure
> you have a good silicone seal where the chain plates poke through the
> cabin top.  There is a small opening which can let water in, which
> then escapes through the inside holes for the hand rail attachment.  I
> thought I had the same problem and a five minute fix with silicone
> caulk did the trick.
> 
> Dave
> 
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 12:52 PM, cowie <ccowie at cowieassociates.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Enclosed is a photo of the rail at the cabin top and what I assume is a
>> plug
>> that if removed will provide access to the nut.  I plan to experiment
>> next
>> weekend.  Also a couple of photos of my first mate.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Daniel Johnson-10 wrote:
>>>
>>> stan's advice seems to be exactly what ought to be done, except the nuts
>>> for
>>> the hand rail are not easily accessible (at least on my boat).
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 12:08 PM, cowie <ccowie at cowieassociates.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the article.  My new R22 has a slight rain leak on the port
>>>> side
>>>> where the hand rail connects thru the cabin top.  The following is what
>>>> stan
>>>> told me that might be helpful to you.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > the real way to really solve a rain leak (notice we cleverly omit
>>>> rain
>>>> > leaks
>>>> > form the guarantees) is to back off on the nuts and remove (or in
>>>> this
>>>> > case
>>>> > raise) the hardware part and put sealant around the fastener -But
>>>> then
>>>> > only
>>>> > lightly set it back in place until the sealant gels to from a gasket.
>>>> > Otherwise you re-tighten and just squeeze out the sealant.   This way
>>>> you
>>>> > do
>>>> > not do a finally tightening until the sealant has set to form a
>>>> gasket.
>>>> > Keep us posted.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Baywind wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Great article by Don Casey:
>>>> >  http://www.boatus.com/boattech/casey/35.htm Link
>>>> >
>>>> >
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