Removing deck / cap from hull - fiberglass question

[wguttrid]

Hey guys spent the better part of a day and half removing rusted screws from the rub rail (which I manage to do with 3" cut of wheel and saved the rub rail extrusion) and then removed the rusted screws from the deck to hull joint (which is shoebox).

Lets just say after cursing these rusted screws and trying ever method knowing to me I was bit over zealous on the grinding and have some fiberglass patchwork to do on the deck. Basically for some of the scews that held the deck to hull (and was covered by the rub rail) I had to grind pretty much right thu the lip so in a couple places instead of the solid straight edge I have a an edge that has been notched out about 3/4".

So curious what will be best way to patch this up? Will take pictures tommorow to better show what I mean as the deck is all ready to be winched free from the hull.

 

[drewpster]

Re: Removing deck / cap from hull - fiberglass question

Depends on how extensive the damage is. If you have the clearance between the inside surface of the outer flange (inside the box lid) you could epoxy a narrow aluminum strip to the inside lip. This will only work if the thickness of the aluminum strip does not interfere with the cap going over the hull.
If it is only a few areas and does not go all the way around, you could leave it alone and relocate new holes next to the bad ones. If it is not extensive but there are enough bad spots that it could be weak, you could glass in a new lip by backing the bad spots and laying in new glass.
Any way you go it is a pretty easy repair. Pictures will help us walk you through it.