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stugots4u

Posted 7/19/2013 4:42 PM (#652682)
Subject: Aluminum Starcraft

Posts: 92

Location: chicago

Is there a quick fix to a rivot leak without redrilling the rivot?

BenR

Posted 7/19/2013 4:46 PM (#652683 - in reply to #652682)
Subject: Re: Aluminum Starcraft

duck tape

stugots4u

Posted 7/19/2013 5:15 PM (#652687 - in reply to #652682)
Subject: RE: Aluminum Starcraft

Posts: 92

Location: chicago

Ha ha ha besides duct tape or flex seal!

Turkeyt

Posted 7/19/2013 8:48 PM (#652711 - in reply to #652682)
Subject: Re: Aluminum Starcraft

Posts: 260

Location: Almost Heaven

If you can not get to the inside to fix the rivets then drilling them out and putting aluminum blind closed end rivets back in place of the leaker is it. Some guys use products like gluvit and other epoxy based stuff for a quick fix if you don't have but a few leaking. That may last until you get more time to evaluate your problem.

ducksdemise

Posted 7/24/2013 11:50 AM (#653366 - in reply to #652711)
Subject: Re: Aluminum Starcraft

Posts: 75

Rebuck the leaky rivet if accessible

SteveHulbert

Posted 8/1/2013 7:38 AM (#654898 - in reply to #652682)
Subject: Re: Aluminum Starcraft

Posts: 202

Location: Angola, IN

In all the aluminum boat restorations I've watched over the years on the internet, everyone seals their aluminum boat with Gluvit. People swear by it. The prep work you put around the leaky area is gonna make it stop leaking forever, or will cause the Gluvit to fail. How clean you get the area, and how well you pre-treat the area before applying Gluvit will dictate your success.

Shep

Posted 8/1/2013 9:16 AM (#654913 - in reply to #652682)
Subject: RE: Aluminum Starcraft

Posts: 5874

stugots4u - 7/19/2013 4:42 PM

Is there a quick fix to a rivot leak without redrilling the rivot?

Buy a glass boat?

First try to reset(rebuck) the rivet. If you can get to it, use a HEAVY piece of iron to back it up. If you can't do that, then Gluvit works if prepped properly, as mentioned above.

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