Question about Kwik poly

[THEFERMANATOR]

I just use the kwik poly. It is STRONG stuff. I would also reccomend some rubber gloves as this stuff will get into your fingers as well as it soaks into wood.

[Striper80]

Thanks a lot for your help. Hopefully it does the trick.

[smokeonthewater]

I would suggest drilling a few drain holes at the bottom if the transom... Any pooled water can drain there.... When pouring the resin you can tape the holes or plug w wood pegs when/if the resin reaches the holes.

[Striper80]

Hopefully ill get to start this weekend. I'm going to drill a few holes into the core from the outside to see how far down the core is wet. From tapping it doesn't seem like its wet below about halfway between the upper and lower mounting bolts. Ill know for sure once I drill it. Once I get the core straightened out I'm going to glass the top in with some 1708 and Gelcoat it.

[cfelton]

Never heard of Kwik Poly, but I have used GitRot and it worked good. Gitrot soaks into rotten wood and hardens it back up. Don't know how strong it would make it. The transom was rotten on my V when I bought it, cut it out from the inside and replaced it all. Hope the kwikpoly works well for you. Let us know!

[macojoe]

If its wewt up top its going to be wet at bottom!! Do as said drill a few holes in the bottom and let drain before doing, then wet some golf t's with the resin an hammer them it when dry cut iff and top with resin and your done

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by cfelton

Never heard of Kwik Poly, but I have used GitRot and it worked good. Gitrot soaks into rotten wood and hardens it back up. Don't know how strong it would make it. The transom was rotten on my V when I bought it, cut it out from the inside and replaced it all. Hope the kwikpoly works well for you. Let us know!

I've used both, and KWIK POLY wins hands down. It costs a fraction as much, soaks into the wood ALOT deeper, and hardens up alot better.

[Striper80]

I've used git rot in the past and thrilled with the results. It was also ridiculously expensive compared to the kwik poly. I was hoping to get it before the weekend but unfortunately I didn't. Hopefully I'll get to cut into the transom a little this weekend. I'm itching to get on the water.