[C320-list] My leak stop kit...

[Chris Nichols]

Great idea!
The next owner of your boat is going to find some interesting things when they go through your inventory. Can't imagine what they might think you use this bundle for!

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> On 21 Sep 2015, at 23:27, Jeff Hare <Catalina at thehares.com> wrote:
> 
> So, here's an inexpensive tip for plugging a hole in an emergency.  
> 
> Go to your home center and get 2 or 3 toilet Wax Rings.  Put them in a large
> Ziploc bag and warm them to room temp or slightly above.  Squeeze them all
> into a big ball.   Then squeeze all the air out of the Ziploc bag, roll it
> up tight.    Now, next time you have a problem with a big leak, open the
> Ziploc bag, turn it upside down over the hole and press/knead the wax into
> the leak.  It should stop, just like that, and probably stay stopped.  
> 
> If there's still some of the thru-hull left, drape the Ziploc over the
> thru-hull and zip-tie it to help hold the wax it in place (may not even need
> to).  Also keeping a few 4" wide strips of old bed sheets can give you
> something to wrap around the wax it and tie off.  Like a big sticky
> Band-Aid.  
> 
> Put the bedsheet strips in a large Ziploc with a handful of zip ties, a roll
> of Rescue Tape, a box cutter and the other sealed Ziploc containing the wax
> ball and you have a nice portable leak stopping kit.  The Wax is pliable,
> waterproof, sticky and should easily fill oddly shaped leaking areas.  The
> rescue tape will work when you have some hose that burst or is leaking, and
> the zip ties can be used to hold it in place or joined together for wrapping
> around something larger 
> 
> That's my tip of the day.  :)    Hope I never really have to use it however,
> but I made a couple of these back when I was more paranoid.  The wooden plug
> thing doesn't seem appropriate to me for plastic thru-hulls.
> 
> -Jeff Hare
> #809
>