Upgrade holes in your boat - how do you deal with them?

The scenario would be that you upgraded your FF and the new mounting hole pattern is different from the previous pattern, and you have 4 screw holes.

Do you fill those old holes with goop and leave it at that, or perhaps some other way of dealing with it?

Peter

where are the holes?  if they are inside of the sonar shield on a trident i would say goop is fine.  if they are on the deck in an area that gets splashed a lot, i'd look into a plastic repair kit and see if i can find a plastic welder to borrow.  ocean kayak sells the weld rod kit on their website.
http://oceankayak.stores.yahoo.net/weldrod.html

or
http://oceankayak.stores.yahoo.net/patngolinpol.html

Age old Dilemma... many ways to skin a cat, heres a few thoughts

Buy a new kayak! or...

You can plastic weld the holes if you have or can get matching kayak poly. It's tricky to get it back smooth and shiney.The welders are available on the web.

Or its the old creative cover up by cleverly mounting something else on that spot, compass or new FF.
Or make a baseplate out of poly from Tap plastic to cover holes.

Or get some goop and nylon or stainless bolts and washers from the hardware store. Maybe mount a pad eye.

You can get a nylon screw that fits the hole tight, or tap matching threads with a metal bolt.
Then goop the nylon screw and insert it from the inside of the yak then flush cut the end off.
It just leaves a little round white dot.

When not using my river anchor set up (that thing would be deadly in a surf wipe out) I just goop big flat head roofing nails in the holes. Of course these holes are well above the water line.

Good suggestions.

This would be inside the sonar shield of a Trident, and a new FF would go in its place, so I'm not worried about matching colors or anything like that.

Anyway, sounds like there are a lot of workarounds, so I'll worry about that bridge when I come to it. More of a challenge will be getting the budget and WAF points for the new FF in the first place!

Btdt.  Screw and rivet holes are easy to fill.  All you need is plastic weld rod from OK and a heat gun.  I have both if u want to use it.  Weld rod is pink though

hehe...he said pink rod.

I know I'm 8 

hehe...he said pink rod.

I know I'm 8 

me too...


Thanks Marv, I'll definitely hit you up for assistance when I finally pull the trigger on an updated FF.

From the OK website:

"Small Holes
To fill small holes, such as rivet holes, heat the end of the weld rod to a visible melt. Insert the end into the hole and begin to twist the rod. Continue to apply heat to the weld rod just above the boat. Twist the weld rod so that it fills the hole. Cut the remaining weld rod off with wire cutters. Smooth and flatten the area with gloved hands."

If you dont want to use my pink rod , you can request plastic weld rod from OK, they will send it to you for free.