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[quote=cezo823]Thanks for the input dtfuqua, ensuring a good bonding surface is huge, I'm not sure how yet but I'm going to take a little more effort than the scotch bright method that i mentioned above. Maybe scotch bright kicked up a notch, attached to a battery drill some how.....

I considered reinforcing it with glass also, but it seems like a pretty small hole for a lot of work. Structurally I think that it would be over kill. But I said "think", if I knew it all I wouldn't ask for additional input, so I just want to make sure that I say that I appreciate your input and I'm not shooting yours down.

I'll try to get the picture on tonight so that everyone can see it.

I'm not sure where but I remember seeing in my previous fiberglass research that you should really reinforce anything 1" or bigger. Since this is smaller I'm going to try to minimize my work and time and try to use marine-tex for glass reinforced filler like you said (depending on what west marine has). Then I'll just keep an eye on it. Not raining today like I thought it was going to so I might be doing this repair tonight.

Thanks again, still open for input[/quote]

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