Hi!
We had a wind storm come through, the storm loosened one of the mounts for my bimini arch, so I'm getting some water in the cabin. The hardware is held in place with screws, I'd like to remove the hardware, drill out then holes, fill with epoxy, then re-drill/bed/secure the hardware.
In order to hold the epoxy in place in the drilled out hole I've typically used duct tape on the underside, filled the hole with epoxy, then let it set. Once It's set I can re-drill the hole and get the hardware bedded/mounted.
The issue is that one side is mounted in an area inaccessible with our fully removing the aft cabin headliner, which appears to be quite a chore on this boat. There are no existing access points.
I'm brainstorming ideas as to how to hold the epoxy in place while it sets and, while I have a few ideas, mostly involving trying to feather a piece of tape in and gently pulling it back up until it sticks, I'm wondering if the brain trust has a more tried and true approach as to how to do this sort of thing.
Thanks!
Doug
We had a wind storm come through, the storm loosened one of the mounts for my bimini arch, so I'm getting some water in the cabin. The hardware is held in place with screws, I'd like to remove the hardware, drill out then holes, fill with epoxy, then re-drill/bed/secure the hardware.
In order to hold the epoxy in place in the drilled out hole I've typically used duct tape on the underside, filled the hole with epoxy, then let it set. Once It's set I can re-drill the hole and get the hardware bedded/mounted.
The issue is that one side is mounted in an area inaccessible with our fully removing the aft cabin headliner, which appears to be quite a chore on this boat. There are no existing access points.
I'm brainstorming ideas as to how to hold the epoxy in place while it sets and, while I have a few ideas, mostly involving trying to feather a piece of tape in and gently pulling it back up until it sticks, I'm wondering if the brain trust has a more tried and true approach as to how to do this sort of thing.
Thanks!
Doug