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JohnMD
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Initially Posted - 03/23/2005 :  12:00:06  Show Profile
My tiller handle is delaminating and showing her age. Does anyone know any products that would work well to fill in the cracks? I guess I could use wood glue or resin. I plan to sand and re-varnish after and I do care what the results look like. Thanks
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bear
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Response Posted - 03/23/2005 :  12:23:33  Show Profile
John, There are threads on this subject that were posted maybe in early winter.
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tinob
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Response Posted - 03/26/2005 :  07:42:12  Show Profile
John,

I suppose the laminates could be scraped of old glue and prepped to be reglued I did it and also sanded and varnished it. The glue I had on hand the varnish cost $12 for a small can.

When next I wanted to refinish the tiller handle I opted instead to replace it, $ 57 at West Marine.

I think my second solution to a delaminated tiller was the better.

Val on the hard DAGNABIT
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bear
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Response Posted - 03/26/2005 :  08:38:05  Show Profile
John, I agree with Val that a new tiller is probably the way to go. I refinished my tiller last winter, considerable sanding and three coats of Minwax Indoor/Outdoor Helmsman Spar urethane. The tiller is 10 years old and at times was covered and at times not. It does look
good though. So I imagine a new tiller properly finished would look
very good. "Bear" C250 WB. Coming off the grass hard today and on to the driveway hard.
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JohnMD
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Response Posted - 03/26/2005 :  12:51:52  Show Profile
I sanded it down to the original wood and put four coats of Minwax Polyurethane on it. Looks fantastic and feels like glass. The boat is covered when it's not in the water so I'm hoping that will hold up pretty well. By the way, sorry to hear about everyone's boat sitting on the trailers like that, **** my boat was sailing along last weekend with a 12 knot breeze ****. Just kidding, hope you guys get sailing real soon. Thanks for the help.
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frankr
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Response Posted - 03/28/2005 :  13:00:50  Show Profile
If its actually delaminating - it should be reglued with thickened epoxy (epoxy + cabo-sil or wood flour). If you can pry the delaminations apart even better. Then you can resand it down. Cover with several coats of epoxy. Lightly sand and then use several coats of marine urethane or varnish.
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