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Re: Coho leaking? !
By:EdG
Date: 10/12/2000, 12:53 pm
In Response To: Re: Coho leaking? ! (Mike)

Thanks for the tips. I called the Pgymy folks - they said while that its pretty uncommon, they have heard of the pinhole leaks developing, and have had it happen on a few of the boats they've built themselves. They also had no idea why it would happen.

They suggested using a syringe to squeeze/push unthickened epoxy into the holes. They said to use straight epoxy, rather than thickened, because you're trying to get the epoxy to saturate the hole (through capillary action).

I agree that simply rolling/painting another coat of epoxy over the hull won't work - I rolled two coats over the hull, and still had the pinholes.

I marked (31 on port side, 18 on starboard, all but 3 on the lower hull chines), sanded and epoxied the holes last night - I'll let you know how it turns out!

Thanks for the advice

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Coho leaking? !
EdG -- 10/8/2000, 8:31 am
Re: Coho leaking? !
Mike -- 10/9/2000, 9:02 pm
Re: Coho leaking? !
EdG -- 10/12/2000, 12:53 pm
Re: Coho leaking? !
David Hanson -- 10/9/2000, 9:59 am
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Chris Bush -- 10/9/2000, 11:04 am
Re: Coho leaking? !
EdG -- 10/8/2000, 5:32 pm
Re: Coho leaking? !
Lee -- 10/8/2000, 4:36 pm
Re: Coho leaking? !
EdG -- 10/8/2000, 2:15 pm
Re: Coho leaking? !
Larry C. -- 10/8/2000, 3:10 pm
Re: Coho leaking? !
Rehd -- 10/8/2000, 4:02 pm
A couple ways to check
Ted -- 10/8/2000, 12:31 pm
Re: Coho leaking? !
Larry C. -- 10/8/2000, 9:36 am
Re: Coho leaking? !
EdG -- 10/8/2000, 1:43 pm