transom repair, keep same gelcoat shell?

[phatmanmike]

when i repair and replace the wood in my transom , can i keep the same gel coat sheel and just re-resin it back to the wood.. i reall dont wanna chop it out cause its in such good condition.........<br /><br />mikey

 

[mellowyellow]

Re: transom repair, keep same gelcoat shell?

it's a good idea as long as you can get all the<br />wood outa there.

 

[DJ]

Re: transom repair, keep same gelcoat shell?

Mike,<br /><br />By all means, save it, if you can.

 

[ob15]

Re: transom repair, keep same gelcoat shell?

I would just make sure all the voids get filled and use epoxy. You'll never have to worry about it again.

 

[airman]

Re: transom repair, keep same gelcoat shell?

That's how I did mine. It turned out great (perfect, actually) but it was a ton of work to remove all of the old wood without damaging the skin. It wasn't all rotten and a lot of it needed hours of careful work with a chisel to get out. Make sure that you use lots of resin and clamp it as well as possible. I used ready-rod (waxed for removal) through every hole the transom had but I had lots of holes already for trim tabs and the like.

 

[bidlimit]

Re: transom repair, keep same gelcoat shell?

I would get the wood out. There are instructions on how to do this at www.mfgboats.com, enter and look at the "How To" links on the left hand side.

 

[Billnicole]

Re: transom repair, keep same gelcoat shell?

Your link wont work

 

[Spidybot]

Re: transom repair, keep same gelcoat shell?

Link works, he just happened to get the comma included in the url.<br /><br /> http://www.mfgboats.com/index.htm