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Tiller hardware sealing/calking

1K views 4 replies 5 participants last post by  AlaskaMC 
#1 ·
Going to install a tiller tamer.

After drilling holes for screws, how would you protect the tiller from rot?

Silicone grease?
Epoxy into the holes? (That's what I did for the autopilot pin)
Marine calk under the hardware?
 
#5 ·
As a wooden kayak builder, we just use silicone to bed small screws like you find with the tiller tamer in wood. I have bedded in epoxy as well when it was handy. And by silicone I mean an appropriate marine grade one not for the bathroom or aquarium.

Not sure you would have a problem though on a tiller given how they are put together but it never hurts. Hate to see the tell tale ring around a screw that wasn't sealed correctly in nicely finished wood.
 
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