Hi all,
For my 1984 original design C22, I purchased the improved mast step and halyard plate from Catalina Direct, along with their mast step mounting kit. The mounting kit comes with 3M 5200. It's my understanding the 5200 is, effectively, permanent and impossible to remove. (Correct me if this assumption is wrong.)
In this situation, is water intrusion prevention really the intended use of the 5200? If so, wouldn't 4200 work? Or filling the holes with epoxy and re-drilling them? Butyl tape?
To ask another way, is the lag bolt into the compression post, along with the additional screw+nut through-deck, sufficient for keeping the mast step attached to the boat? Or is 5200 needed to provide additional bonding strength here?
Thanks!
Andre
For my 1984 original design C22, I purchased the improved mast step and halyard plate from Catalina Direct, along with their mast step mounting kit. The mounting kit comes with 3M 5200. It's my understanding the 5200 is, effectively, permanent and impossible to remove. (Correct me if this assumption is wrong.)
In this situation, is water intrusion prevention really the intended use of the 5200? If so, wouldn't 4200 work? Or filling the holes with epoxy and re-drilling them? Butyl tape?
To ask another way, is the lag bolt into the compression post, along with the additional screw+nut through-deck, sufficient for keeping the mast step attached to the boat? Or is 5200 needed to provide additional bonding strength here?
Thanks!
Andre
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