Thnx. again. After 35 years i sold my camper and bought a boat. First my stearcabel broke and i fixed it because of you. Than i had the same problem with the snaps. And now you help me again.👍 Greetzzz the Dutchy 🇳🇱

@WayneTheBoatGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!!!

great video and thanks for showing how simple this is - make sure that you are using the 316 stainless steel snaps for marine use.

Thanks for the video. I bought a used boat with a few problems. One problem is missing canvas snaps. But in my case the canvas has all its snaps but the boat side of the snap is missing. Would be cool to post a video on how to replace the boat side of the snap. Thx, I enjoyed this video.

Just did mine yesterday easy to do snaps are little cheap in quality i found but does the job

Thanks for the tips. I need to replace snaps that are half broken (snap to boat part busted). I’m going to figure how to take those out and then follow your steps.

Thanks Wayne always showing us that we can do it too.

Thanks for the video. Looked simple enough. I have a few other ideals I can you those snaps.

@WayneTheBoatGuy

2 жыл бұрын

It was easier than I thought it would be!

Thanks. This is good. Of course none of this is new; it's always good to go back to the basics. I sailed across the Pacific on a boat with a couple of busted snaps and no kit. On my boat my dodger shrank a bit over the years and my zippers were a pain. There's a company EZZ Extenders... that sells pre made zippers sewed back to back to give you an extra inch. I made my own. Total game changer. What was time consuming and frustrating is now easy. At the top of my main dodger door are some twist closers that were also shrunk out of alignment. With the zipper as example, what I intend to do next is either make a couple of short extenders with snaps or with the twists. This will keep rain from blowing into the gap. When you open any of these extenders of course you only do one side. Something about snaps. Have the kit onboard, but another option might be in critical places -- like the corners of single panel Clears, put snaps very close to each other so if one goes you immediately have a spare. Also if you ever have a snap (or any other fastener) that has popped opened, putting and using a second one close to it 1" (2.5cm) would solve that problem. (I learned this nailing drywall, a single nail in the center of a panel will always pop, double nails never ever do.Screws made this trick obsolete.)

@WillN2Go1

5 ай бұрын

Thanks. I ordered a marine grade snap set from Amazon, with the basic tools. And I made sure to get a kit that also had male snaps that can be fitted on the canvas. (Many kits only had the male snaps for screw in to a hard surface.) And I ordered a 'vise grip' installation tool so I don't have to have a hard surface. Going to solve a few small problems on my boat. One thing I figured out to do for mini tent stakes is to tie about an 8" loop of orange paracord to each one. I'd lost two of my larger brighter stakes in two days, but noticed the smaller dark red ones with a dark green string never got lost. The tails worked. 3 months of camping no more lost stakes. At home I taped a few inches of the bright fluorescent construction marking ribbon to my TV remotes and other easy to misplace stuff. Amazing how effective this is. The Sunbrella cover of my isinglass often gets turned around, so I think when I add a few snaps, following the Red/Starboard Green/Port standard I'll attach a bit of the ribbon under one of the new snaps. Thanks again for the video

Thanks

Good work, Wayne. Great video.

Thanks Wayne!

Great videos! Saved me some money.

Love the easy explanation. 👍

@WayneTheBoatGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

OK. However, how is it done without removing the cover????

That looks really easy. I'm wondering if I can repurpose a mooring cover into a snap cockpit cover to replace the one missing from my boat(it has snaps screwed to the perimeter of the cockpit)

@WayneTheBoatGuy

2 жыл бұрын

For under $20 it's worth a try! You would need a hole punch - my kit did not come with one, but the photo in the ad shows one - so I don't know if it was missing or they just don't include one any more.

@slacktide_angler

2 жыл бұрын

@@WayneTheBoatGuy Definitely seems worth a try! I'm also researching glues to create a sun and weatherproof edge seam, since I don't have a sewing machine. Hopefully I'll find a way to create the world's most inexpensive custom cockpit cover. 😄

What do you recommend for replacing the studs in the fiberglass that are stripped out or missing?

@WayneTheBoatGuy

2 жыл бұрын

I personally would try to fill the hole with some epoxy - hopefully similar tint to the hull and re-drill when it is dry.

How do you mount the other poece to the hull of the boat ?

@WayneTheBoatGuy

Ай бұрын

I personally would fill the existing hole with epoxy and re-drill.

How do you repair the snap on the fiberglass. I tried glue and marine resin, no good.

@WayneTheBoatGuy

Ай бұрын

You probably need something that dries solid to hold a new screw - maybe marine JB Weld and screw a new pilot hole.

I have the opposite problem right now. Snaps are fine, but the part that screws in to the fiberglass that you snap on to has come loose. Have you encountered that?

@WayneTheBoatGuy

2 жыл бұрын

I have not, but some people have been able to reset them with a dab of 3M 5200 or epoxy in the hole.

@davidcantrell9273

2 жыл бұрын

@@WayneTheBoatGuy that's what I'd been finding as a recommended method. I'll give it a try.

@cgschow1971

Жыл бұрын

you can buy a threaded snap that's 1 thread size up. or if you have access to the back, you can use a threaded stud with a nut. Repairing the hole with epoxy works, but I wouldn't epoxy the snap in. Future replacement would be tough.

How is it holding up to rusting? I don't quite trust those ones on Amazon

@WayneTheBoatGuy

Ай бұрын

I actually still have some of this hardware soaking in a saltwater bath and it seems ok. But yeah, there’s some stainless stuff that seems to get rusty quickly.