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Bob Ritner
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Initially Posted - 11/29/2001 :  23:31:12  Show Profile
I recently removed the sliding companionway hatch in order to re-finish the teak guide rails and noticed significant wear on the fiberglass tongues. In fact, the fiberglass was actually worn all the way through on the sides closest to the cockpit. Has any
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Douglas
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Response Posted - 11/30/2001 :  00:09:25  Show Profile  Visit Douglas's Homepage
Rebuild the ends with epoxie. Add teflon rub pad to lower surface of the tongue. Or long way around but more perminent is route out the chanel in the wood and install a teflon strip all the way along the lower surface.
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Ed Monague
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Response Posted - 11/30/2001 :  00:46:08  Show Profile
Douglas's idea is good. For those of you who don't know where to get strips of plastic just go to the hardware store and ask for the plastic strips used under refrigerator wheels. You can cut them to size. I became aware of my hatchway tabs getting thi
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Bob Ritner
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Response Posted - 12/03/2001 :  00:31:28  Show Profile
Thankyou for the suggestions....I had not thought of using epoxy to build the runners back up.
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 12/04/2001 :  13:30:26  Show Profile
Does anyone have an actual name for those plastic slides? I tried Home Depot and the only ones they had were wheel equipped! They said that the'd never seen the wheel-less ones...
Derek (who's hatch slide is also screeching!)
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John Mason
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Response Posted - 12/04/2001 :  15:47:16  Show Profile
Say, if you're epoxying the tongues anyway, you can add graphite to the last coat of epoxy (if you're adding to the bottom surface, of course), then you won't have to mess with plastic strips. See the WestSystem website under Product Information/additives
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Dave Seely
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Response Posted - 12/04/2001 :  21:00:39  Show Profile
I had the same problem with my hatch. I pulled it off to do a quick weekend repair that ended up taking a full week. I ground the gelcoat off both top and bottom and about 3/4" up the sides then put about 8 layers of 6oz cloth on the underside and 4 layer
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