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Please make sure that the strips are not rubber. Rubber will corrode the Aluminum.

http://marinesurvey.com/yacht/fueltank.htm

Suggestion is to glue some plastic strips where the wood will make contact with the tank. Even having the wood contact the tank will cause it to corrode.
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Personally for the minimal effort involved... Just glass regular wood to the bottom of the hatch.... $50 and 2-3 hours and you can look at it again in 15 years.
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Since I changed my tank, I have pulled the lid every year, inspected, and resealed with silicone.
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putting a piece of wood in and re-glassing seems like more work tan (one of my keys isn't working) adding wood supports. I don't mind lifting and inspecting periodically , but I would like to do it rigt so eiter way is fine. wat doesn't corrode aluminum? seems like sensitive material
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