[C320-list] Seating Chain Plates

[pat reynolds]

to add to warren's note, when you caulk do not tighten the plate down hard until the caulk sets up a little, this makes a more pliable seal.

--- On Mon, 12/7/09, Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Seating Chain Plates
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Date: Monday, December 7, 2009, 5:47 AM
> To: Pat Kenefick, Hull 833, Bath, NC
> 
> Pat e-mail me off list and I'll send you Chris Burti's
> rather detailed list
> of steps in rebedding chain plates. I'm guessing that with
> your hull no. you
> won't have an issue with the cored deck.
> 
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> Here is an approach I've used for a neat finish. After you
> remove the deck
> plate, remove the old caulk from the deck, lay some masking
> tape around the
> deck and over the edge of there the plate lies. Now,
> replace the deck plate
> and with a knife, lightly score the tape around the edge of
> the plate.
> Remove the plate and peel up the tape that was under the
> plate. When you
> caulk and replace the deck plate, let the caulk squeeze out
> from under the
> plate and cure for a day. Score the caulk around the plate
> and remove the
> excess caulk and the tape.  Clean job, no caulk left
> on the deck.
> 
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> 
> Warren & Pattie Updike
> 
> Catalina 320, #62, "Warr De Mar"
> 
> Middle River, Chesapeake Bay
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