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Boat Body Leaks
Larry <lbussing@…>
11/22/09 #7441
The way you find holes in the plumbing business is by pressurizing the pipe and painting a water/soap mixure on the fittings. If you see bubbles, it is leaking. In kayak land, you use a reversed vaccum cleaner hose (so it blows, not sucks)or a hair drier to pressurize the boat. A second person can paint the seams with the soap solution to find the leak. [CAUTION, ONLY BLOW INTO THE HOLE FROM A DISTANCE SO YOU DON'T OVER PRESSURIZE THE BOAT. A LITTLE PRESSURE IS ALL THAT IS NEEDED. A FEW INCHES/ IN2 OF AIR PRESSURE OVER A LARGE AREA WILL BLOW THE BOAT APART WITH A TREMENDOUS RELEASE OF ENERGY.]
Larry B
Reivers Dustin
12/16/17 #22356
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I'm still trying to find the leak in my S1-R. Bubble test turns up nothing. I've waited until dark of night and put a bright light inside and gone over the boat looking for any light coming through. Today I borrowed a neighbor's fiberoptic camera. I think I can get a visual on the rudder cables. If this doesn't turn up anything, then I'll just wrap the dang thing in saran-wrap and call it good.
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