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

[sailorlew at aol.com]

I've even heard of mounting an in hull transducer using wax rings with good results.
Lew

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Nichols <cinichols at btinternet.com>
To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Tue, Sep 22, 2015 2:32 am
Subject: Re: [C320-list] My leak stop kit...


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!

Sent from my iPad

> 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
>