Gunwale Rubber
Submitted by carassius on Tue, 2008-05-13 20:03
Anybody ever changed out gunwale rubber before? Mines dry & perished & starting to break away, also showing cosmetic fibreglss damage on the top of the rubber.
I'm sure I can source it from Clark Rubber or BIAS, but do I need to use glue or resin to help it hold shape? Any tips or dos & don'ts will be very helpful?
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Faulkner Family
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pricey stuff
The fibre glass guy who fixed ours told us that we were lucky to still have all the rubber intact as it is around $25 a FOOT dont quote me ,but i am quite sure. you will have to check out marine shops for it mate.
Also to glue it back in place you will need a product called sickaflex i think that is how it is spelt.
We got the guy to do it all re glue and attach hull to deck plus attach the rubber back on only cost $500 aprox.
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just look at whitworths
just look at whitworths online they sell it not sure how much as there is different sizes, not cheap though from memory
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Yer menopaul did his , quite
Yer menopaul did his , quite a hard job i'll let him know you need some advice he can let you know the best way to do it
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dagree
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Try any boating/chandlery shop
Depends on the style required but most were $12 to $15 per meter when I got mine. Have some to replace mine but waiting for a hot day (hahahahaha sure!).
As Russ said get a few tubes of marine quality sikaflex.... "Sticks like $hite to a blanket" borrow a hot air gun and 2 mates.
Leave it out in the sunshine to soften a little... Clamp one end heat up an area about one metre at a time and get the mates to pull/stretch it as you apply the sikaflex and push into position. Reason for heating it is to allow for expansion and contraction in diff weather.
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David
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carassius
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Cheers guys, great help,
Cheers guys, great help, will post before, during & after shots, plus associated costs. Hopefully tackle it in the next few weeks as it's a bit of an eye sore
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If you want to see how its put on so you can try yourself, let me know and I will post the next time we do one, which will be soon, so you can check it out.
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PM Sent re materials
Video would be great, be fantastic to see videos on site regarding maintenance/repairs!
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Did my own with a bit of
Did my own with a bit of advice from Wilson Marine and it came up like new. They supplied the gunwale rubber and the tubes of Sikaflex. You will need a few rolls of high strength masking tape also to assist with holding the rubber whist in the drying process. Definately do the job on a warm day or use a panel beaters heating lamp, this makes the rubber ALOT more flexible and ALOT easier to fit up. You will also find it easier using a rubber mallet. This will ensure the "pinchwell" area of the gunwale presses right onto the hull join.
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