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by Tom Pawlak — GBI Technical Advisor Above: Tom’s transom saving tip is to epoxy conveyor belt material into place, protecting the transom wood from getting crushed by the motor mount screws. Ten years ago, I replaced the plywood transom in my 16′ aluminum fishing boat. It had gone bad due to the motor mount […]
by Tom Pawlak — GBI Technical Advisor Above: Decayed wood on a small boat. Photo by Chester Ho on Unsplash Sodium borate is used in a number of commonly used household products from laundry detergent to hand soap. It is also used to treat wood against insect and fungal attacks. Sodium borate is refined from […]
by Tom Pawlak — GBI Technical Advisor Above: The cracked polyurethane foam planter pot upon which Tom performed this simple pot repair with epoxy. You can see the household cling wrap he used to hold the cracked pot together while the epoxy cured. My wife Mary and I recently went to the local building center […]
by Tom Pawlak — GBI Technical Advisor Necessity is the mother of invention, and razor blades are often called into service for a variety of tasks around the shop other than shaving. Here are a few. Mini-Spreader Razor blades can be used in a pinch to apply caulks and thickened epoxies with great precision. They […]
by Tom Pawlak — GBI Technical Advisor Above: Three 8″ plywood supports isolate the mold from the mold strongback. Back in the 1980s, Gougeon Brothers, Inc. was one of the largest producers of wind turbine blades in the US. The blades were built of wood veneer and epoxy, and varied in length from 10′ to […]
