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Re: Material: Rubber Hatches - Fastening
By:Brian Nystrom
Date: 3/13/2011, 11:58 am
In Response To: Re: Material: Rubber Hatches - Fastening (Paul Sylvester)

: :
: Use screws and you will screw them up:)
: No clamps for me, I like to weight them down in a bed of thickened
: epoxy. As Jay said, never had to replace a rim and never have
: any problems.

Sure. All you need is something to keep the hatch rim in place until whatever adhesive you use sets. Weight, clamps, straps, bungees, whatever.

: On another note I am trying two seadog hatches on my latest build.
: Rims are fine but the covers are a blend of hard and soft
: rubber/ plastic.
I'm using one on one of my boats and plan to convert them all over to Seadogs as they wear out. I like them MUCH better than the Vally covers, they cost half as much and they should last a lot longer. One thing I discovered is that they go on and off a lot easier if you apply some 303 to the rubber on the inside of the cover.

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Material: Rubber Hatches - Fastening
Sean Dawe -- 3/8/2011, 9:45 am
Re: Material: Rubber Hatches - Fastening
Bill Hamm -- 3/8/2011, 12:31 pm
Re: Material: Rubber Hatches - Fastening *NM*
Paul K -- 3/8/2011, 5:42 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/8/2011, 12:42 pm
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Sean Dawe -- 3/8/2011, 1:42 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 3/9/2011, 6:41 am
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Sean Dawe -- 3/9/2011, 1:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/10/2011, 12:41 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/10/2011, 12:38 am
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Paul Sylvester -- 3/13/2011, 8:17 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 3/13/2011, 11:58 am
No screws needed
Jay Babina -- 3/10/2011, 9:10 am
Re: No screws needed
Bill Hamm -- 3/10/2011, 2:52 pm
Re: No screws needed
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/11/2011, 6:50 am
Re: No screws needed
Bill Hamm -- 3/11/2011, 7:11 am
Re: Material: Rubber Hatches - Fastening *PIC*
Dave Houser -- 3/8/2011, 3:24 pm
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Sean Dawe -- 3/8/2011, 9:49 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/9/2011, 8:39 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/9/2011, 8:35 am
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Sean Dawe -- 3/9/2011, 8:44 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/9/2011, 12:08 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/10/2011, 12:43 am
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dhwdaniels -- 3/10/2011, 4:48 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/10/2011, 2:54 pm
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Sean Dawe -- 3/10/2011, 7:46 am