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The rear bulkhead has small amounts of water inside after paddling and is not from the hatch. I filled the rear bulkhead with water and found a pinhole leak at the stern just above the static water line. I believe it is the remains of a copper metal stitch that did not get removed when I built the boat.
Do you think if I drill out the pinhole and plug with thickened epoxy with wood flour it would secure the leak? I cannot access the hole from the inside.
Thanks!
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RE: Pax 18 pinhole leak
» Submitted by hspira - Tue, 4/5/22 » 7:12 PM
that will work. easy peasy :)
but before you put thickened epoxy in, paint the hole with unthickened epoxy (dip a toothpick into the epoxy and liberally paint the hole edge with with a drop or two of epoxy) to ensure all the wood is wet out, then push the thickened epoxy into it to seal it up.
h