Removing Window
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I don't KNOW, but I'm thinking it would be laid in from the outside against a supporting frame to reduce the possibility of a wave or something pushing it in. Is there any kind if trim ring around it?
Andrew: Are there any screws? If there are, you obviously need to remove them first. Assuming that they used Dow795 (silicone), you will probably need to get a hole from the inside to the outside. Then feed a piece of high test fishing line fed thru the hole.
Once the line is fed through you can tie the line to a peice of wood on both ends. Then you can use the line to cut the silicone.
Getting line fed thru from one side to the other can be difficult, but one that is done the line should cut fairly easy.
Once the line is fed through you can tie the line to a peice of wood on both ends. Then you can use the line to cut the silicone.
Getting line fed thru from one side to the other can be difficult, but one that is done the line should cut fairly easy.
Cheese cutting wire
Steve
Perfect. I had not thougth of that. Now was your idea to get the wire from the inside to the outside.
You have all the answers.
Steve
Perfect. I had not thougth of that. Now was your idea to get the wire from the inside to the outside.
You have all the answers.
Andrew. Get some "high test" SS fishing wire sold in most fishing supply stores. I'm talking maybe 50# test wire. From the inside, poke the wire into the sealant between the "glass" and the fiberglass of the boat. Might need to use needle nose plyers and some gloves, but it should push through with some wiggling. Once the wire is through, wrap the wire onto two pieces of wood and let the wire cut the sealant working your way around the window. Be careful you don't let the window fall into the water. Best done on the hard with someone else on the other end of the wire. This is how car windshields are removed.
Andrew, I replaced both of my aft cabin ports by removing the screws and then using a flexible bladed putty knife. By flexing the blade and inserting it inside the hull between the window and the sealant and working it around the window I found that they came out fairly easily. In your case if you are in the water you will need to drill a few holes in the old window to keep it from being an underwater port for fish. What I found was that the factory used a strip of sealant that was attached the hull by double sided tape in addition the sealant. What I did was to hold the new window in the port and trace around the opening from the inside. Then I removed the new window and cut through the protective paper on the port and removed that paper from the inside of the port. This will give you the area that must be sanded to allow the sealant, Dow 795 black, to adhere the new window to the hull. At the same time by using the old window as a template you can drill the holes for the mounting screws. Apply the 795 to the hull where the port will be placed, suggest that you also use masking tape around the window on the outside, and then gently place the new window opening and press to distribute the sealant and install the retaining screws. I also applied a bead of 759 around the edge to the window to insure a good seal. After that, peal the protective paper of the window and hull, stand back, and admire your great work.
Bob
Bob
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