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Gene in NC posted 07-10-2004 03:50 PM ET (US)
Want to clean up unused screw holes in console and in transom where swim platform was removed.
Have faint recall but can't find via CW search or my many file copies of CW threads, a tip on "filling a hole", eg. unused screw hole etc, "in a vertical surface".
Procedure was based on access hole bored on angle from below to inject Marine-Tex into the hole (repair area) to make certain of complete fill. Must have included blocking the repair area at the hull/console surface to hold in the filler while assuring fill and minimizing excess.
Filler may have been epoxy but I would like to use Marine Tex for color match and a one filler, one fill, one step job with minimal sanding and no additional fairing. Ours is a "working" Montauk so ETN or BTN not required..

John O posted 07-12-2004 12:47 AM ET (US)
Acetone the hole and inject Marine Tex with a syringe. These are just screw holes right?
I do not know what "ETN" or BTN" means.
You could back out the screws and fill with 3M 4200 and put the screws back. That's what I did when I removed a transducer. If I need to add a tranducers again the holes are there.
Gene in NC posted 07-12-2004 11:15 AM ET (US)
ETN is common acronym for Equivalent to New. I just threw in the BTN (Bettter than New). In car restoration, better than new is a level above unused original, a Ford Mustang with a Rolls level paint finish, for example.

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Author	Topic: Filling Small Holes in Vertical Surface Hull or Console?
Gene in NC	posted 07-10-2004 03:50 PM ET (US) Want to clean up unused screw holes in console and in transom where swim platform was removed. Have faint recall but can't find via CW search or my many file copies of CW threads, a tip on "filling a hole", eg. unused screw hole etc, "in a vertical surface". Procedure was based on access hole bored on angle from below to inject Marine-Tex into the hole (repair area) to make certain of complete fill. Must have included blocking the repair area at the hull/console surface to hold in the filler while assuring fill and minimizing excess. Filler may have been epoxy but I would like to use Marine Tex for color match and a one filler, one fill, one step job with minimal sanding and no additional fairing. Ours is a "working" Montauk so ETN or BTN not required..
John O	posted 07-12-2004 12:47 AM ET (US) Acetone the hole and inject Marine Tex with a syringe. These are just screw holes right? I do not know what "ETN" or BTN" means. You could back out the screws and fill with 3M 4200 and put the screws back. That's what I did when I removed a transducer. If I need to add a tranducers again the holes are there.
Gene in NC	posted 07-12-2004 11:15 AM ET (US) ETN is common acronym for Equivalent to New. I just threw in the BTN (Bettter than New). In car restoration, better than new is a level above unused original, a Ford Mustang with a Rolls level paint finish, for example.