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I need to remove a pedestal saddle glued in a a Dagger ABS boat.
Need suggestions on how to remove it without damage to the boat. I will replace it with another saddle glued in a bit different position.

Thanks

Contact redboat100
He may be able to advise you.

Contact Max Wellhouse. He has all repair answers!

I think if I were doing this I'd cut the saddle with a hack saw as close as possible to the floor then VERY slowly and carefully apply a wire wheel to the remaining foam and adhesive which will hopefully be contact cement. If it is, MEK and elbow grease should take care of the rest. Be sure to let the MEK evaporate/dry completely before gluing down anything else. If you do remove some of the outer layer you can replace it with a flexible epoxy like G Flex or 3M Scotch Weld.

Luke, I removed foam from a Royalex hull recently with a red 3M abrasive disc in my drill. It looks like a flat pot scrubber pad, not sandpaper. It got all the old foam, glue, duct tape goo, everything without damage to the hull. I lubed the disc with WD-40 and was careful to not build up heat with it. I wiped the work down intermittently with a cloth dampened with denatured alcohol to clean and check progress.

royalex (any plastic boat material) plus power tools ------ be extremely cautious, it does not take much and you have a mess.

voice of experience here.

dave

Great idea, Codger. So correct Mr. Dave. Extreme caution is essential.

okieboater wrote:royalex (any plastic boat material) plus power tools ------ be extremely cautious, it does not take much and you have a mess.

voice of experience here.

dave

Quite true. Go slow, lube, careful to not use anything that will melt or abrade the plastic. Lucky for me I have worked with plastics for many, many years both in construction and in manufacturing. Here is the Blue Hole hull mostly cleaned. Nary a scratch or melted spot.

That is a really good looking restoration!

I did the simple green and 303 routine on my winonah rendezvous and while it looks a lot better after the clean up, not near the quality "look" of that blue hole !!

dave

You can get the 3M abrasive pads in flat squares as well And buy a cheap dollar store scrub pad with plastic handle and pad platen (like an ironing iron). Then do your Mean Green wash full strength, scrub a dub dub, rinse and dry. If it doesn't look better, do it again until it does. The secret is that while those pads are abrasive, they are not much harder than the ABS. Then when done wipe (don't soak) with denatured (painters') alcohol, then several light applications of 303. A lot of elbow grease involved, but not much money.