Hello All,
I put 2" - 2" TEAK Rubrails on my 36 RH and used 3 inch screws with 5300 on them through the glassed interior hull/deck joint. Some have failed to stay water tight. I rounded off both edges of a 2 by 2 and dadoed a groove in the back to go over the hull/deck joint flange then bored holes into it along the centerline of it and ran the screws into the hull (they were more or less self taping) I gooped each one up with 5300 as I ran it in with a screw gun. I also put a ton of 5300 in the dadoed groove before placing it on the joint. It amazes me how water can find its way in through the smallest of openings. So I think I'm going to replace these with machine screws with nuts and washers on the inside of the hull and I was wondering is there a method that will insure water tightness?
Thanks in advance,
Robert
I put 2" - 2" TEAK Rubrails on my 36 RH and used 3 inch screws with 5300 on them through the glassed interior hull/deck joint. Some have failed to stay water tight. I rounded off both edges of a 2 by 2 and dadoed a groove in the back to go over the hull/deck joint flange then bored holes into it along the centerline of it and ran the screws into the hull (they were more or less self taping) I gooped each one up with 5300 as I ran it in with a screw gun. I also put a ton of 5300 in the dadoed groove before placing it on the joint. It amazes me how water can find its way in through the smallest of openings. So I think I'm going to replace these with machine screws with nuts and washers on the inside of the hull and I was wondering is there a method that will insure water tightness?
Thanks in advance,
Robert
Last edited: