Nida Bond for bedding stringers?

[rickryder]

Has anyone ever tried using Nida Bond to bed stringers? I have to repair some stringers and bulkheads on my Four Winns 210 Horizon. I have read so many opinions on what to use
PL Premium? Peanut butter? Air gap them? Foam? Any advice from the pros here?

 

[sasto]

Re: Nida Bond for bedding stringers?

We have used Nida Bond here in boatbuilding quite alot. We have beded stringers, bulkheads and also used it bed a whole liner (stringers, bulkheads, and engine compartment from a mold). I also used the PL for a home project with confidence and satisfaction.

Good Luck Rickryder.

 

[Yacht Dr.]

Re: Nida Bond for bedding stringers?

I would gap them ...

Your prep on the hull and the new bulks and stringers are Very important.

210 horizon..nice boat .

Have some pics .

YD.

 

[rickryder]

Re: Nida Bond for bedding stringers?

I have pics of the boat when we picked it up. I have gutted out all the rotten stringers and deck and will take some pics next time I get over to my buddys house where it's stored for winter.

 

[Cadwelder]

Re: Nida Bond for bedding stringers?

I would gap them ...

Your prep on the hull and the new bulks and stringers are Very important.

210 horizon..nice boat .

Have some pics .

YD.

With a gap between the stringers and the hull, then you don't need to fillet them?? Just let the glass make a bridge between the stringers and the hull???

 

[jonesg]

Re: Nida Bond for bedding stringers?

With a gap between the stringers and the hull, then you don't need to fillet them?? Just let the glass make a bridge between the stringers and the hull???

Right, you don't need a huge gap between stringer and hull, just keep them apart to avoid hard spots.

 

[Yacht Dr.]

Re: Nida Bond for bedding stringers?

Yup..thats what I was suggesting ..

I normally put an extra tabbing in there as well ( about a 4" tab ).

YD.

 

[dirtdiver]

Re: Nida Bond for bedding stringers?

What's the best way to gap them? I havent seen threads around here about doing that.

 

[sasto]

Re: Nida Bond for bedding stringers?

What's the best way to gap them? I havent seen threads around here about doing that.

I would like to know the same. Maybe I'm old school now....but I don't want a gap under my stringers, especially the one the motor may be mounted to. As this method is new to me, I have followed the threads with interest. No boatbuilder I ever worked with ever floated a stringer system. Not my 40 year old boat, or others I have.

Hard spots are prevelent on most modern hulls. We have strakes, keels, chines...all are hard.

I would think the decision would remain in the construction of the hull. How thick is the hull layup schedule? Is the bottom cored? I wouldn't want a floating stringer system in a rigid built hull and I wouldn't want a rigid built stringer in a flexable hull.

As a builder and not restorer (learnin') my opinion is........depends!

Good Luck Rick!

 

[rickryder]

Re: Nida Bond for bedding stringers?

Guess I will start out looking at the way OEM did the boat and go from there..... We will be starting the rebuild in a week or so. I will update with some pics