: I used wood flour thickened epoxy to glue the wood fittings to the
: deck.

: The failure was in the epoxy. I may not have sanded the contact
: points on the
: deck before gluing.

: I was also at a boat show in the summer in an asphalt parking lot.

: In any case, I would not use glued fittings because if they can
: fail they will
: when you most need them. And deck fittings that cannot be removed,
: make it impossible to get a smooth even new coat of varnish.

: Rob

Not to be disrespectful but wood flour isn't the ideal thickener for making an epoxy based glue, something like microfibers or even cotton flock is better, strengthens the bond while thickening. Also have to use lots of care to allow a reasonable amount of epoxy to stay in the bond line, if it's clamped too tight you'll squeeze too much epoxy out making for a weak bond.

Bill H.