The Murphy Builders Site

This being a multi thousand rivet week on my floats - I thought I would
mention one of my best KISS ideas for removing sealant around the
rivets. It occurred to me after wearing my finger nails down and the
skin off my thumbs several months ago...

For removing sealant around rivets:
Take a few inches of 3/8" wood doweling.
Drill a 1/4" hole in the end just deep enough to fit over a rivet head.
Chuck it in a variable speed drill.
Place over rivet and rotate it two or three revolutions.
That will loosen the sealant so it can easily be slid off. You don't
want to overdo it and polish the aluminum if you are going to paint later.

For the improved tool - drill both ends of the dowel and wrap tape
tightly around the ends and you are good for many hundreds of rivets at
a time. Works great with sikkaflex but I haven't tried it on proseal.

Ken





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