Quotes from YF posts

Took me a moment to catch that. Love ya Judy, but don't quit your day job.

Me too, had to read it twice.
A bit of dry humor is always good.

so my daughter says to me: "dad if your boat's name is Sea Witch, and it sinks do you rename it Sandwich?"

Yes Judy, Good advice from New York, stay a steady course at your present occupation and keep them dry jokes coming now and then.

Here is one of my jokes:

“Why was Jesus not born in Sweden?
Answer: Nobody could find 3 wise men, and a Virgin”

(Sorry Lars) Grabbing hat and coat now and leaving the room.

Bonus:
“What does it say under the beer bottles in Sweden?
Answer: Open in the other end”

Aye, I won’t quit my day job either..In fact a member of this forum contacted me today about a sightseeing charter on Odin, should be good, having boat guys as passengers, less work for the solo Captain.

I could make an argument for using Gorilla tape over 5200. I used it to tape a piece of cardboard to an exterior wall. When I removed the tape, the stucko came with it.

I am not a fan of 5200, and heavily restrict it's use on any of my boats. We don't call it "fifty-two-hundred", but rather "eff-the-next-guy-glue"

Sorry I’m going off course...but what sealant do you prefer? And why?

here’s some humor...Since I already know it all.., I should have the answer !

The gorilla spray adhesive is to hair gel as gorilla tape is to a bikini wax.

Therein lies the issue. 5200 is an adhesive/sealant, rather than a sealant. 3M 4000 is an option.

BTW- my post was auto-corrected, and should have read "eff-the-next-guy-glue" (admin edit: corrected)

Now meanwhile I caught that right away, but all I could think of was OUCH!!!

Ouch indeed..

Spent a few hours today and yesterday removing and re-bedding 6 thru hull fittings, 5 of them was installed with regular caulk, perhaps 3M 101, the single mushroom to the right was bedded in with 5200 and that one took me more time than the other 5 combined..

I have had pretty good luck by heating a sharp putty knife with a heat gun and forcing it under the fitting to be removed. Still a lot of effort tho.

In an application like Norseman's you might find it easier to use a razor blade.

Ahh! Chesapeake torture! Covers both sexes.. I’ll be sleeping with one eye open on that Post of yours ...

Yup, used a razor blade but afraid of scratching the gelcoat: The surface is not 100% flat/level hence the blade tried to bite into the surrounding area.
Tried gently with a small chisel, and with a nail on my right thumb: Not a good idea, the nail bent back and I swore like a drunken sailor.

This tool combo kind of worked by cutting the 5200:
One can see some white residue on the drill bit..

The old plastic thru-hull fitting was removed with brute force and by turning it so the threads helped a bit: I guy pushing from the inside, another guy, me, pulling from the outside. The hard work was cleaning and removing the old caulk so the new sealant would stick.