Repairing Stripped Screw Holes in Fiberglass

[Angler276]

There are several places on my boat where the screw holes have become stripped out and the screws are no longer doing their job causing a very rattly ride. What is the best way to remedy this. Do I use anchors or fill the holes with some kind of putty or cement? Thanks a lot!

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Repairing Stripped Screw Holes in Fiberglass

Depends on where the screws are. If you can, I'd use machine screws and nylock nuts.

 

[rwidman]

Re: Repairing Stripped Screw Holes in Fiberglass

Originally posted by Boomyal:<br /> Depends on where the screws are. If you can, I'd use machine screws and nylock nuts.

If you can't get behind to use nuts you can fill the holes with epoxy and then redrill them and reinstall the screws.

 

[jtexas]

Re: Repairing Stripped Screw Holes in Fiberglass

replace 'em with bigger screws.

 

[tengals123]

Re: Repairing Stripped Screw Holes in Fiberglass

fill em and redrill em!<br />cheers

 

[dajohnson53]

Re: Repairing Stripped Screw Holes in Fiberglass

If you haven't used JB Weld, this is a very strong epoxy. There's probably equally strong epoxies, but I've used it quite a bit and am very pleased with it. I would guess that if you filled the old holes with this and re-drilled, it would be strong or stronger than original. Assuming, clean, dry hole, of course.

 

[bluewater19]

Re: Repairing Stripped Screw Holes in Fiberglass

Marine-tex

 

[Billnicole]

Re: Repairing Stripped Screw Holes in Fiberglass

Plastic Mollys work good too