Saintly Fish Posted January 17, 2021 Posted January 17, 2021 Last summer the dog laid down under my rear bench seat, rolled over and ripped the leg out. I scraped the hole and tried to glue the leg back in. But the top of the hole is now so thin the strip of teak on the top side has split and coming away. It needs sticking back down which will be fine. But I need something to stick it to. The hole where the leg bracket sits now has no bottom/top to it. What’s the best substance to fill the hole and re fix the leg bracket to?? Quote
Andy135 Posted January 17, 2021 Posted January 17, 2021 Can you take off the bench seat altogether? If so, I'd remove it and tape off the top of the hole, then turn the bench over and fill the hole with epoxy to the desired depth, which should give you a strong enough surface to re-fix the leg to. JonC 1 Quote
Saintly Fish Posted January 17, 2021 Author Posted January 17, 2021 14 minutes ago, Andy135 said: Can you take off the bench seat altogether? If so, I'd remove it and tape off the top of the hole, then turn the bench over and fill the hole with epoxy to the desired depth, which should give you a strong enough surface to re-fix the leg to. Epoxy is a resin right? Quote
Andy135 Posted January 17, 2021 Posted January 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: Epoxy is a resin right? Yes. Quote
Saintly Fish Posted January 17, 2021 Author Posted January 17, 2021 5 minutes ago, Andy135 said: Yes. Can you recommend one? Quote
Andy135 Posted January 17, 2021 Posted January 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: Can you recommend one? TBH for this job, any squeezy tubes of epoxy would do. Araldite or similar. From memory your bench legs are what, 30mm diameter? So a couple of 15ml twin tube packs would likely be enough to give sufficient depth to your fix. Or if not, make up a plug of marine ply, just undersized, and use the epoxy to fix that in the hole instead. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Araldite-Ultra-Strong-Adhesive-Standard/dp/B00K2Z5O2C/ref=asc_df_B00K2Z5O2C/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=207994943462&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=878423880098437636&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007009&hvtargid=pla-716621117969&psc=1 Saintly Fish 1 Quote
captin slows old outlaw Posted January 18, 2021 Posted January 18, 2021 you are not having much luck are you. might be an idear that you have a good look at the seat to see if it neads any tlc while it is not fixed to the boat. Saintly Fish 1 Quote
Saintly Fish Posted January 18, 2021 Author Posted January 18, 2021 31 minutes ago, captin slows old outlaw said: you are not having much luck are you. might be an idear that you have a good look at the seat to see if it neads any tlc while it is not fixed to the boat. All part of the joys of boat ownership Pete! captin slows old outlaw 1 Quote
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