delamination

[Johnson110]

I have a 19 ft angler has a acess plate round mounted onto floor the plate has been missing for some time the edges around the hole have seperated. question: can i just fill in the edges with some polyester resin before i put the new acess plate on?

 

[Laddies]

Re: delamination

You might drill a series of holes back a little from the edge, but still under the mounting flange, don't drill quite thru the plywood and inject epoxy with a needle then clamp. I would use epoxy as it is a glue and poly is not--Bob

 

[Johnson110]

Re: delamination

I have this stuff called kitty hair, it is a fiberglass fibers in a can used for reinforcing, i have a built in gas tank that i do not use i was wandering if it is worth taking out, the acess plate i speak of is for the top acess plate to the tank itself! are these tanks heavy ( no gas in it), is it worth taking out? i prefer the portable tanks and i do the premixed, disabled the vro system! thanks for your reply!

 

[Realgun]

Re: delamination

I had a 21 gallon tank out of the boat I think it was 10 Lbs or so maybe 15 empty. Might want to leave it there but fill it with 2 lb foam to seal it off and make it floatable however, you will have to get the gasoline out and I mean all of it. I had my tank out and still got a gallon or so of fuel out after I thought it was empty.<br /><br />As to the holes laddie has the right idea.

 

[Johnson110]

Re: delamination

Was it a pain to remove? mine was replaced before i brought the boat, There are screws holding down a large acess panel in the floor, was thinking about removing the tank! What do you think? the foam idea is pretty good though!

 

[Laddies]

Re: delamination

Remember foam placed low in the hull can cause a water filled hull to capsize

 

[Johnson110]

Re: delamination

I would like to remove the gas tank, just not too sure if it a major pain or not!

 

[Johnson110]

Re: delamination

Got my gas tank out, do anyone know where i can go to get rid of an empty aluminum gas tank?

 

[Laddies]

Re: delamination

Almost any salvage yard or junk man should take it for the scrap value