ezmobee
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Re: What to seal my new transom wood with? (other than epoxy)
The new transom is in. I just finished putting the motor back on and connecting everything. I don't have any pictures because honestly, I'm not real proud of how it came out. I wasn't able to do a lot of the details that make for a real good iboats-approved transom replacement. The reason is, I decided to leave in place the piece of angle iron that a previous owner had installed to reinforce the rotting transom. It would have been a pain to remove plus it added so much strength I figured it would have been dumb to take it out. Well it turned out that it was mounted about a quarter inch too far into the channel where the transom board needed to go. So it made for an extremely tight fit. I needed to use a mallet to get the new transom board down in there. Well this meant once it was in that was it. There was no taking it out back again. So I couldn't put it in, pre-drill all my holes, take it back out and then seal them with epoxy or any of that other happy stuff you need to do to ensure a long lasting transom. So I ended up just painting the transom board with a couple coats of porch and floor paint, pounding it down into the boat, drilling my holes and sealing the fastners as best I could with 5200. It will get the job done and will still probably outlast my interest in this particular boat but it's definitely not going to serve as any kind of education for you guys.
The new transom is in. I just finished putting the motor back on and connecting everything. I don't have any pictures because honestly, I'm not real proud of how it came out. I wasn't able to do a lot of the details that make for a real good iboats-approved transom replacement. The reason is, I decided to leave in place the piece of angle iron that a previous owner had installed to reinforce the rotting transom. It would have been a pain to remove plus it added so much strength I figured it would have been dumb to take it out. Well it turned out that it was mounted about a quarter inch too far into the channel where the transom board needed to go. So it made for an extremely tight fit. I needed to use a mallet to get the new transom board down in there. Well this meant once it was in that was it. There was no taking it out back again. So I couldn't put it in, pre-drill all my holes, take it back out and then seal them with epoxy or any of that other happy stuff you need to do to ensure a long lasting transom. So I ended up just painting the transom board with a couple coats of porch and floor paint, pounding it down into the boat, drilling my holes and sealing the fastners as best I could with 5200. It will get the job done and will still probably outlast my interest in this particular boat but it's definitely not going to serve as any kind of education for you guys.