My transom repair

[smkinnan]

Originally Posted by inaforty

Great job!

I would imagine that this job is in my future

Few questions...

1) How hard was it to get the coring out and what did you use?

2) What type of Petit paint did you use?

For the question above, I applied the final paint with a spray gun. Reduce it (using Pettit reducer) 15%.

Answer 1. My "coring" was basically mulch; hence the "worse the rot the easier the job". We used and combination of long flat steel (bought long pry bars from Harbor Freight) and a long 1" flat blade drill bit with an extension on a drill. That did the most damage. I know some people have used a chainsaw but we didn't have one. A long bladed chainsaw would have made the job much easier. There were times I wished we had one. Getting the old stuff out and preparing is the hardest and longest part of the job. Took us 5 or 6 hours just to clean it out.

Answer 2. I used the Pettit Easyproxy. Its one part and literally you can mix 10 oz. of paint and an once and a half of their reducer and pour it right in to a spray gun and spray to your hearts content. Use laquer thinner to clean up. VERY easy process.

Make sure you have plenty of plastic gloves for this job. And MAKE SURE you do a really good job of covering the holes in the skin of the transom. If you don't, the Arjay will find you ;) trust me.

Good Luck