anderson
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we are about to replace all the rubbing strake and capping these will be scewed on and plugged.what is the best glue for the plugs.
wooden plugs
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sailorman
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I would use cascamite
other will say gorilla glue ( expanding foam messy krap) that leaves a glue line
Rigger Mortice
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I don't use any glue. The plugs stay in because they are a tight fit. Any glue would simply be pushed to the bottom of the hole as they are driven in.
ganter
Member
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Use the correct size plug cutter and they'll go in nice and tight, expand a little and be just as much trouble coming out as the old ones!
sailorman
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Place the cascamite on a board, pick up the pellet, place it in the glue & twist, place the pellet in the counter bored hole with the grain aligned & tap with a light hammer.
no glue is incorrect, some use varnish it the toe trail is varnished finish, then no glue line at all
ganter
Member
You mean roll. Otherwise, perfectly acceptable as a procedure.
sailorman
Well-known member
if one rolls the pellets one gets messy pinkies, the method taught to me has server me some 50 yrs
Wooden Boat Fittings
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Using glue on a fibreglass boat might be acceptable, I wouldn't know. But this is how we do it on wooden vessels -- http://www.woodenboatfittings.com.au/articles/plugs-setting.pdf
Come to think of it, I wouldn't use glue anyway. Rubbing strakes are sacrificial and you can expect you (or some other poor bloke) is going have to remove the plugs eventually to repair or replace the strake. Why make the job needlessly more difficult?
Mike
Come to think of it, I wouldn't use glue anyway. Rubbing strakes are sacrificial and you can expect you (or some other poor bloke) is going have to remove the plugs eventually to repair or replace the strake. Why make the job needlessly more difficult?
Mike
chinita
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....and others will say just use a dob of varnish.
worked for me with over 1,000 plugs.
sailorman
Well-known member
See #5 & read slowly
chinita
Well-known member
See PDF #8 and read even more slowly. 
sailorman
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drilling out pellets is easy & i may have fitted a few more than you sonnySee PDF #8 and read even more slowly.
chinita
Well-known member
Wanna bet? But keep calling me 'Sonny', I like that
Besides, I thought the question was about glue or no glue?
Besides, I thought the question was about glue or no glue?
sailorman
Well-known member
Or even varnishWanna bet? But keep calling me 'Sonny', I like that
Besides, I thought the question was about glue or no glue?
chinita
Well-known member
Yeah, yeah, yeah.....I was beginning to think it was Friday night then I realised it was only Tuesday.
