I thought I might try that Jacomo Sailor. It is taking so long to install, it has returned to the ambient 90° temperature, or colder after evaporation.I see you already have it in a hot water bath, I wonder if using a heat gun would help.
Not sure. This is the original and pretty narrow. I found a small nylon spatula with a slight curve that helped a lot. I actually wasted an hour at this yesterday with a flat metal spatula, but yanked it out in a huff. Only got a couple feet and it kept coming loose. Thanks for the heads up about the end. I read somewhere that a cooler was used, kept the water hot longer. Maybe I'll unroll it into a cooler tomorrow AND try a heat gun.Is the rub rail on the older boats thinner/different?
The biggest hassle for me was that the last 1/4 of strip, was curled up from being in a roll.
Same here, only I used a 1" wood chisel, which I had blunted on a grinding wheel. The job was still tedious, but not unbearable once I got the hang of it. I did have large blisters on both my thumbs before I figured out the chisel idea.Working a few inches at a time, I stuck the upper lip in place then pushed the lower lip in with a large flat blade screwdriver.
A spline tool! Great idea - and I have one. I've been installing the bottom first. Okay, a heat gun, spline tool, unwind the roll and set the top first. Thank you, rpludwig, Gene Neill, Leeward Rail and Jacomo Sailor. There are times when I think I'm too old for this. I'd like to get this bucket in the drink before I throw in the towel. Your commiserations, advice and encouragement are inspiring. Thank you!been down this road, not on my Cat22 (yet), but on several powerboats...try a window screen spline roller...insert top first as said, roll in the bottom with the spline tool...
Hey Russ, I think my '73 uses a narrower, thicker vinyl insert than your '87. Here are the inserts as pictured on the Catalina Direct website:I think I did the whole 48 feet in a hour. Maybe they changed the dimensions of the rail. I didn't have any trouble with it.
Russ