You can use 5200 or Boatlife. 5200 is for bonding and sealing. I wouldn't use 5200 on plastic parts (such as portholes) that may need replacement someday because the plastic may break before you get the caulk to lift. Boatlife is only for sealing and will not really glue parts together (well, it can be tough to remove but nothing like 5200 is). Either one will do you well for deck hardware. Boatlife will cure faster if wet and spritzing with water will put a skin on the bead and also jump start the curing. Use this for areas you caulk and then need to paint over...it will reduce the time before you can lay a brush on it without disturbing the caulk. I've done this many times.
So is the concensus that 5200 will create more hassles than it will resolve? ----- Original Message ----- From: Wcpritchett@aol.com To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 6:36 PM Subject: Hardware Mounting / Level You can use 5200 or Boatlife. 5200 is for bonding and sealing. I wouldn't use 5200 on plastic parts (such as portholes) that may need replacement someday because the plastic may break before you get the caulk to lift. Boatlife is only for sealing and will not really glue parts together (well, it can be tough to remove but nothing like 5200 is). Either one will do you well for deck hardware. Boatlife will cure faster if wet and spritzing with water will put a skin on the bead and also jump start the curing. Use this for areas you caulk and then need to paint over...it will reduce the time before you can lay a brush on it without disturbing the caulk. I've done this many times.
....that's my consensus; others may have their own. ;-) Incidently, Craig....I just got an e-mail from the Great Lakes Cruising Club about a meeting in Sarnia. Part of the slate includes a talk by someone from 3M about their marine products. I won't be attending, unfortunately. And as for the ladder mounting, I vote for perpendicular to the boot stripe, aligned by eye by someone standing 30 or 40 feet back from the boat while the ladder is held by someone up in the cockpit so that the observer has a clear view. I vote that way because the bootstripe is existing and if the ladder isn't square to it then it will look crooked even if it were perpendicular to the water (which isn't going to hold still anyway depending on whether you bring your neighbor with you or if you are on the boat by yourself.) My 1.765349 cents anyway. :-) Tod
Excellent input, Tod, thanks! Sarnia's up near Canada, in the Port Huron area, isn't it? --Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: <htmills@bright.net> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 9:16 PM Subject: 5200 ....that's my consensus; others may have their own. ;-) Incidently, Craig....I just got an e-mail from the Great Lakes Cruising Club about a meeting in Sarnia. Part of the slate includes a talk by someone from 3M about their marine products. I won't be attending, unfortunately. And as for the ladder mounting, I vote for perpendicular to the boot stripe, aligned by eye by someone standing 30 or 40 feet back from the boat while the ladder is held by someone up in the cockpit so that the observer has a clear view. I vote that way because the bootstripe is existing and if the ladder isn't square to it then it will look crooked even if it were perpendicular to the water (which isn't going to hold still anyway depending on whether you bring your neighbor with you or if you are on the boat by yourself.) My 1.765349 cents anyway. :-) Tod
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