Trying to clean my electrical panel a bit like we can see it on Julandra:
I am curious to get some feedback on how do you fix a bus behind the electrical panel against the fiberglass. Would love pictures too :)
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Ludovic François
Hotel Catalina - Catalina 36 Hull #883
Marina Del Rey, CA
Epoxy a small block of wood to the inside of the hull, then screw the busbar into the wood block. That's how we did it (and looks like the way Tom Soko did it on Julandra).
Best first to coat the wood first with a few coats of epoxy to seal it - particularly if its plywood.
Matthew Chachère
s/v ¡Que Chévere!
(Formerly 1985 C36 MKI #466 tall rig fin keel M25)
2006 Catalina Morgan 440 #30.
Homeported in eastern Long Island, NY
Exactly!
Tom Sokoloski
C36/375IA Past Commodore
Noank, CT
Epoxy or 5200?
Larry Brandt
S/V High Flight #2109
Pacific Northwest, PDX-based
2002 C-36 mkII SR/FK M35B
FWIW, microfibers is the additive with the greatest adhesive properties, even though most people tend to use colloidal silica, which is a royal PITA to mix into epoxy and is like trying to combine dandelion wisps with maple syrup. It's best to lightly coat both sides with unthickened epoxy to provide maximum surface adhesion, then mix the additive and then apply the "glue."
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Ken Kloeber
"Positive Impact"
Lake Norman NC
1984 C30 #3573
TRBSFK M-25
Larry,
I'm a firm believer that the ONLY place on a boat for 5200 is the hull/deck joint. Far too many people, IMHO, use 5200 as a general caulk. I have seen firsthand what happens when someone needs to take off a fixture that has been bedded with 5200. It was not pretty. Yes, I know there are solvents that will soften the blow, but why go down that road? So.......the simple answer to your question is: thickened epoxy.
Tom Sokoloski
C36/375IA Past Commodore
Noank, CT