Coho Ghost
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Feb 26, 2010
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If you are considering a "poured" transom core repair job, I think you will find the NIDA core product to be pretty user friendly, and I hope as time will tell, a very substantial repair.
Once my transom inner and outer skins were repaired, the easiest part was catalizing and mixing the NIDA compound. I was concerned that it would be "runny" enough to flow out into all of the core space, but it was no problem. The stuff is pretty runny before it kicks off. There is more than enough pot life time to get everything mixed and poured. I only had to pour 6 gallons, which was slightly complicated by having to work a 5 gallon and one gallon pails. I did the 5 first, power mixed it for a timed five minutes, then poured. I only needed .6 gals to finish the pour. In addition, the "calculator" on the NIDA web site hit the volume of compound I needed right on the button.
The compound is exothermic, which means it generates heat. After 2 hours the surface of the transom was running 150 to 160 degrees F. measured not estimated.
I did the whole job single handed without any hitches. If you were doing a bigger transom requiring 2 or 3 five gallon pails of compound, I'd recommend having someone help you.
Finally, the NIDA people have been great to work with. They have a tech support person, and their gal Ann Tromm has bent over backward for me. The compound is normally supplied in 5 gal. units, and one gal. units are only sporadically available on the tail end of a production run. Ann got the one gal. to me as soon as it was available.
I would post pics, but I couldn't mix, pour and take pics at the same time. If you have any question, I'll try and answer them.
Oh yes, and the cost of the compound was $132.00 for the 5 gals., the one gal. was free!!! The killer is the shipping; $88.00 to have the 5 gals. shipped from Florida up to WA. state.
Regards,
Coho Ghost
Once my transom inner and outer skins were repaired, the easiest part was catalizing and mixing the NIDA compound. I was concerned that it would be "runny" enough to flow out into all of the core space, but it was no problem. The stuff is pretty runny before it kicks off. There is more than enough pot life time to get everything mixed and poured. I only had to pour 6 gallons, which was slightly complicated by having to work a 5 gallon and one gallon pails. I did the 5 first, power mixed it for a timed five minutes, then poured. I only needed .6 gals to finish the pour. In addition, the "calculator" on the NIDA web site hit the volume of compound I needed right on the button.
The compound is exothermic, which means it generates heat. After 2 hours the surface of the transom was running 150 to 160 degrees F. measured not estimated.
I did the whole job single handed without any hitches. If you were doing a bigger transom requiring 2 or 3 five gallon pails of compound, I'd recommend having someone help you.
Finally, the NIDA people have been great to work with. They have a tech support person, and their gal Ann Tromm has bent over backward for me. The compound is normally supplied in 5 gal. units, and one gal. units are only sporadically available on the tail end of a production run. Ann got the one gal. to me as soon as it was available.
I would post pics, but I couldn't mix, pour and take pics at the same time. If you have any question, I'll try and answer them.
Oh yes, and the cost of the compound was $132.00 for the 5 gals., the one gal. was free!!! The killer is the shipping; $88.00 to have the 5 gals. shipped from Florida up to WA. state.
Regards,
Coho Ghost
