There are points on the boat that need drainage holes. Cutting the holes is the easy part. The hard part is to keep the epoxy on it until it dries- it is very important that the wood is fully encapsulated by the epoxy to avoid any rotting. Chris uses the balloon trick to accomplish this.
Fitst he drills the hole:
Then he covers the raw edges with a thick layer of epoxy and blows up a balloon in the hole to hold the epoxy in place:
The next day, when the epoxy has dried, he pops the balloon and removes the pieces.
Waterproofed! Its a great trick. The extra lip of the dried epoxy will be sanded off .
Here are some more epoxied drainage holes he did the same way:
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