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hi, I have read the various posts on rebedding deck fittings with butyl tape. I very carefully rebedded several stanchions with butyl tape--cleaned the area thoroughly, placed a 1/16" base of butyl on the deck under the stanchion base, wrapped each of the bolts in butyl tape "worms", etc. A...

I removed and rebedded with butyl tape one of my portlights that was leaking. After trimming the butyl that squeezed out between the frame and cabin I was wondering if any other type of sealant needs to be applied around that edge.

Over the years, especially in the last few spring weeks, via PM's/email, I have been asked how I bed deck hardware with butyl tape. I officially apologize for being so slow with completed photo examples. I have been meaning to do this but just did not have the time to complete it. Late Sat...

Hope it is as good as you all say since that is what we are going to use for the new hatches :-) -Sven

Just wanted to thank everyone who posted their experiences with re - bedding portlights on their boats,I got through re- bedding two of them today.They leaked terribly before.When I finished them,I stood down below and had my buddy run the hose directly on them for 10 minutes. Not a drop of...