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Boatlife Git Rot penetrates rotted wood and restores it to its original strength. Pour or inject this unique 2 part liquid epoxy into rotten wood fibers. It saturates fibers via capillary action and cures overnight.
Git Rot cures into a resilient adhesive that arrests dry rot by bonding
wood membranes together. The result is stronger than when the wood was new. Once cured, it can be sanded, painted, drilled, and fastened. Boatlife formulated it for compatibility with fiberglass resins, epoxy, and most sealants.
Intended for use on dried out, rotted, and weather wood, Git Rot is ideal for repairing stringers, roof rot, and transoms on both fiberglass and wood boats. Non-marine applications include window sashes, gutters, and other exterior repairs.
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How to use Git Rot
HOW TO LOCATE DRY ROT Tap questionable areas with a hard instrument and listen for hollow sounding dead spots. Probe suspect areas with an ice pick or sharp knife. Check areas where fresh water is likely to
accumulate. Particularly check the following: Spar checks,
hatches, deck seams, transom, companion slides, checks in
planking, toe rails, exposed end grain, stem, ribs, and stringers.
AMOUNT REQUIRED For complete saturation and ultimate strength, in average type rot, it will require a volume of Git Rot approximately equal to half the volume of the rotted wood.
TIME AND TEMPERATURE The optimum temperature for applying Git Rot is between 50 and 70F (10 and 21 C). Only mix small batches (no more than 4 oz.) since the larger the quantity the greater the reaction
and the faster the cure. After adding 1 part "B" to 3 parts of "A",
shake vigorously for at least one (1) full minute (TIP: use a
watch while shaking the bottle.) Once the two parts have been
thoroughly mixed, a thermal reaction will begin to occur.
Penetration is best immediately after mixing. When working in
temperatures over 70 F (21 C), chill Git Rot overnight. At
70 F, properly applied Git Rot solidifies into a tough resilient
mass overnight. Allow one week for ultimate strength. Cold
temperatures will slow the cure. When painting, check
compatibility with paints.
PROVIDE RESERVOIRS The mechanics of the actual treatment will vary for each case depending upon location and construction. Where rot is deep into a large member it is advisable to drill a staggered series of
overlapping holes approximately 1/4" in diameter, 2" apart,
slanting downwards. This will expose the necessary end grain
and provide reservoirs for the penetration as shown here. In areas where sections of rot contain extensive holes where wood fibers are actually missing, it is recommended to mix sawdust with Git Rot and
use it as a fill material. In areas such as transoms, stringers, and
balsa core decking, drilling thru the fiberglass surface may be
necessary. For transom repairs, you may drill vertically down
through the transom, and then pour in Git Rot. For decking, drill
thru the surface to treat the wood underneath. Holes left by
drilling may be filled with a mixture of dry saw dust and Git Rot
or a marine repair epoxy compound.
PENETRATION Capillary action is the principal on which Git Rot works. Therefore, the most expedient way to apply the Git Rot is into
the end grain of the wood wherever possible. To avoid trapping
air in the middle of the rot always start at one end or on one
surface and work progressively along. A considerable amount of
patience is required during the actual penetration until complete
saturation is achieved. This is determined when the reservoir
holes fill and remain filled and the surface remains shiny.
DAMPNESS Git Rot will eventually cure in damp wood. However, Git Rot will not displace water. So wet wood cannot be fully saturated. Any reduction in the amount of Git Rot simply reduces ultimate strength. Dry the affected area as much as possible. Soaking with acetone will assist drying; however, be cautious of fire hazard. CAUTION: Reaction between part A and B will produce heat. Do not use in high temperatures. Avoid all external additional heat sources.
BRAND:
Boatlife
Type:
Adhesive
Usage:
Woodrot
Questions & Answers about Boatlife GIT-Rot:
2012-10-20A shopper asked: what ratio do you mix git-rot?
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2012-10-22THOMAS BERGER: I believe the ratio is included in the products instructions, however, I used the entire contents of the kit. In other words, I combined all of the contents of the small bottle of accelerator into the larger mixing bottle. If there was any remaining after the application, I discarded it.
Hope this helps.
Tom
2012-10-23Joe kiehm: It was a long time ago with my J24 sailboat. I had a small hole and I knew there was was rotten wood from the hole down. So, I just mixed ALL together and squeezed in as much as possible and fast. Now, If I'm not mistaken, this product gets EXTREMELY volitile when it starts to cure. It gets VERY hot and will melt any plastics or wire insulation etc. Make sure it ONLY goes on wood. It did not effect the fiberglass because the product got soaked up mostly in the wood. After curing..........hard as a rock. A very, very good product to stiffen rotten wood. Now, if you have to use more than one package or a couple packages of this product, you may need to look into a different way to attack your problem. You know.......rip it open and replace. Only you can determine that. I was not affraid to use it on chainplate thru bolts where water got in and rotted the wood, however, I did extend the chainplates just to play it safe. I tend to overdo things. Hope this helps.
Joe
2012-10-23BRIAN BETTINGER: 3 parts from the white bottle and 1 part from the small glass bottle.
2012-10-29HARRY PAULSEN: use the same ratio as originaly supplied
2012-08-31JIM OCONNOR asked: What is the shelf life for Get Rot once the containers have been opened and are there any special storage requirements once the containers are opened?
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2012-09-05EVERETT CHASE: Jim,
I do not know the answer to your question. I believe it has a shelf life of years. I use the packaging that came with the purchase and have kept it in a cupboard with closed doors. To the best of my knowledge my old stuff has always kicked over successfully. Interesting question. I'll date the next package I open. Everett
2012-09-06PAUL HIGGINBOTTOM: I'm surprised that Jamestown cannot answer your question. My best answer is only buy enough for the job. I have stored in in tnr refrigerator for a couple of weeks,
2012-09-06WILLIAM YOUNG: The product is a two part epoxy and stores well unpromoted. I used some from my last purchase a couple of years ago and it was still good for another application about a year later. THe remainder is still good and is stored in a hot garage in Florida.
2012-07-31A shopper asked: Can youu use this on fiber board, like" Masonite" ?
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2012-07-31DANIEL DINGLEY: I don't know
2012-07-31BOB HENRY: I only used it on wood, but I can see no reason it wouldn't work on Masonite.
2012-07-31JIM TONNE: I don't see why not. I have not used it on fiber board, but you should be able to use it on any material that can absorb water. Fiberboard can absorb water even though is is saturated with a glue in production. But some glues are not exterior grade and therefore, like plywoods that are not constructed with exterior grade glues, these glues break down and the surrounding product absorbs water. Git-Rot will take care of that issue.
A little note...I worked as a yacht broker/salesman for the largest Chris-Craft and C&C Yacht dealer in the U.S. and eventually a yacht captain for several years. During this time I observed "ships carpenters" using Git-Rot on many repairs, in extreme areas, on very large yachts, and it worked every time.
Follow the directions, and go for it!
2012-07-30A shopper asked: I need to make a repair to the top side of livewell. Can it be applied upside down without dripping?
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2012-07-30GEOFFREY BINGHAM: No, it can't. It is applied as a viscous fluid that is intended to displace water from the wood and replace it and then solidify so that the wood becomes like fiberglass. After it is mixed, it becomes increasingly thick, but this happens fairly fast and once it is thick, it no longer flows to penetrate the wood. One drills small holes into the wood and then pours the GitRot into the holes to help it penetrate. You would have to be able to drill holes that go downwards at some angle.
2012-07-30WILLIAM TOMKO: will dificultty. It is very liquid. What I woul suggest is letting the area dry out completely so it "sucks up" the liquidid as fast as possible. then use an injection syinge that cna be bought from West Systme. then fit the nossel of the syinge into the hole you drilled until you achive as tight a fit as possible then inject a small amount wait a few seconds before withdrawing the syinge for the west system to soak in then go to the next hole obviously conver the floor with wax paper then newpapaer on topp use glovees
2012-07-30Matt McCay: doubtful. It's very thin when mixed. You need to work with gravity.
2012-07-30TOM BAILEY: The product will drip. I drilled holes from above into ther rotted wood area without going all the way through the wood. This prevented it from dripping. It is a liquid when you make it and gravity will work on it.
2012-07-30BILL MARTIN: It soaks in very fast but you will still have drips. Not sure if it would melt a sponge that may be worth a try. You could drill holes in the top of the well and try to pull the liquid in that way. The stuff works very well.
2012-07-31Jeffrey Cross: I have only used this product once but I seriously doubt that you can use it upside down. Perhaps if you mixed it with some sawdust it might thicken enough to stay put but I think the pot time would be too slow and at least some of it would drip out before it set . It is really designed to be put into drilled holes from the top. If you were to cover the drill hole after filling it with the GitRot you might be able to hold enough of it in to do the job but i'm not certain how you would do that. Perhaps a dowel driven into the hole: which is what I did on several horizontal holes. i left the dowels in place and just sawed them off flush. My only complaint was that I didn't buy enough. This stuff is not cheap but it will do what they say.
2012-07-17PAUL K asked: Can the Git Rot be used if the wood is still damp , say, in a transom? Thanks
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2012-07-17JOHN LEE: I wouldn't try but that doesn't mean it can't be done.
2012-07-17Joe kiehm: At some point they both have to dry out. The Git rot will not dry the wood. If the transom is holding a motor (if you have a motor boat) replacement of the transom is the ultimate repair. Git rot will not provide the strenght necessary to hold up a huge motor. For Sailboats, I'm guessing around the gudgeon for the rudder area. You have to take off all the hard wear, use a heat gun, but get that wood dry. Then, the Git rot can do it's thing by penetrating the rotted wood and providing considerable strength, however, there must be enough wood left, only you would know. Well, that's about all I got.
Good luck,
Joe
2012-07-19KAREN HEALD: Hi there, used Kilz to no avail on picture window- previous resident had obviously done same thing for rotting-away part of lower sash.
Pulled out all accumulated Kilz etc, and filled with an epoxy-type product
2012-07-19KAREN HEALD: Hi there, used Kilz to no avail on picture window- previous resident had obviously done same thing for rotting-away part of lower sash.
Pulled out all accumulated Kilz etc, and filled with a two-part epoxy-type product from Jamestown recommended by a California contractor friend. Worked GREAT. Had tried many products to combat wood rot and avoid replacing huge window. Jamestown had the answer once I began studying their products.
2012-06-24A shopper asked: should one inject get rot with a needle to punky wood?
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2012-07-06ROBERT HAAS: You could but it is probably better to drill a 3/16 hole into the middle of the soft spot and keep pouring it in with the squeeze bottle until you can not get any more in.
2012-07-06DONALD WEST: I would think that would be possible with a large bore needle. The approach they suggest is to drill 1/4 inch holes and fill them. Later yiou can fill the holes with thicker epoxy.
Good luck. It seems to be a good product for a bad situation.
2012-07-06PAUL HIGGINBOTTOM: i used git rot on a transom that was 1/2 rotted. I used a 12 inch 1/4 inch drill, and then folled the holes with reesin from a squeeze bottle. After a period of time resin permeated the whole transom. Have been using the bosat for 3 years with no problems.
2012-07-08ANTHONY MONCEAUX: I bought this stuff tryin to fix a rotten transom. Allthough it does what is advertised its beeter suited for SMALL areas... Use whatever u have to get it where u need it. Make sure the wood is dry before applying
2012-06-21LANA JEAN HENRY asked: Can you sand and paint over Git Rot ?
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2012-06-21TOM BAILEY: You can certainly sand the area when dry. I did not need to paint the area. I covered it with carpet and the glue easily adhered to the repaired surface. I think if you found a paint that would adhere to epxoy it would be usable on Git-Rot.
2012-06-21RANDY RICHARDS: I sanded and painted an area that I used it on with epoxy paint. So far no problems.
2012-06-21Matt McCay: I never have, but don't see why not. Generally you're injecting the chemical into the wood, so very little is on the surface anyway. My family did boat repair and injected it into the keelson, didn't do any exterior application. I recently repaired a french door on my house, and drilled small holes and shot the git-rot into them. I blended some wood chips into the surface area, and as it's at ground level, it's not noticeable. I would think sanding/painting would be no issue, make sure the treatment is fully cured first though, as gummy sandpaper is a waste. One other thing I would be aware of is that rotted wood is moist, and paint won't adhere, dry paint on newly rotted wood will bubble and peel; so make sure the repair is 100% beforehand.
2012-06-25WILL HODGEN: Absolutely----Sand-- clean--prime and paint.
2012-06-13A shopper asked: Did Git Rot work well in wet wood applications (where you can't open it up completely to dry it out)..? Tx
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2012-06-14ALAN BERNSTEIN: A bit hard for me to answer as I either used it on wood I could dry or damp plywood which was't as sucessful. It just doesn't penetrate the laminations well. However it was great when Zi could use it as intended.
2012-06-14MARK KOSTRON: I have used Git Rot a number of times, unless the wood is dry, the Git Rot will only flow into the cracks and voids in the rotted wood, it will not be absorbed by the cellular structure of the wood. What you need to do in addition to applying Git Rot to the rotted area, is drill holes into the sound wood around the rotted section and inject the Git Rot into the sound wood around the rotted areas as well so that the rot is encapsulated and does not spread. Try drying the rotted section with salts which have an affinity for moisture such as calcium chloride.To dry the wood, try exposing as much of the rotted area as possible, pack calcium chloride into a cloth sack and cover the rotted section with the sack. Cover the sack and surrounding part of your boatwith plastic so that the Calcium chloride asorbs moisture from the wood, not the surrounding air. Treating the rotted wood with a bactericide such as boric acid before the git rot may also help to stop the spread of the rot. Hope this is useful.
2012-06-15Joe kiehm: Well, the problem is, you can't see if it works or not because you can't see it. I doubt it works on wet wood. If you apply it and the wood eventually dries out, it may harden, but again, I don't think it will work. I think it's gotta be on dry wood. I used it on wet wood where I couldn't see it and just hoped it would eventually harden, but I never did know for sure. I'd say give it a try. It may have some properties in it that will still privide some hardening or provide a little more strength. Whatta ya got to lose? If you don't want to waste it, don't do it, but if you've got extra, go ahead and lube it up real good. I know this all sounds a little contraditive, but my thought was, ya never know for sure unless you open it up and dry it out. I hope this helps.
Sincerely,
Joe
2012-06-01TOM LEASURE asked: Can gitrot be used on a wooden mast ? I have a spot 14 inches high and 2 inches wide and 1 1/4 inches deep on my main mast . The mast has a 6 inch diameter where the rot is.
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2012-06-05DED MANAGEMENT CORPORATION: Sounds like a question for the product manufacturer. I can't tell you if it can be used for a structural situation. My concern, if I were you, would be that it may not be as strong as the original mast as a whole. Yes it is a strong product but is it strong enough to withstand the force a mast will get from the wind is something I can't answer.
2012-06-05DONALD WEST: If you have the mast laying down so you can apply it it wouls seem that it could be used. I am not qualified to testify as th the strength to be expected.
2012-06-05ANTHONY MONCEAUX: I wouldnt use it for that... It didt work on my transom and i dont feel its for any part that needs to keep its structural integrity
2012-06-06ROBERT HAAS: I don't think Git Rot is particularly structural so the use of it would depend on what the mast is used for. If it id decorative it would be fine, even a flag pole would be ok. However, if it is a working sailing mast then I think a different repair would be called for.
2012-04-16A shopper asked: the balsa core decks on my Pearson 365 are wet and possibly some rot occurred. Can we drill hlles and inject Git Rot to solve tis problem?
Also do you sell industrial quntities of this product?
Captain Dave Garrett
President
SeaVenture Systems
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2012-04-16CAROLYN WESTMAN: We have an Endeavour 42. OUr balsa core decks were wet and we removed rot. We drilled holes and used the Boatlife Git-Rot product and were very satisfied with the results. The Westmans, Naples, Florida
2012-04-16KAREN HEALD: Dear Captain Garrett, My experience is limited to trying not to replace a large window in a home that had dry rot that was painted over by previous home-owner.
It was perfect and I have most of it left. Happy to mail it to you if allowed in US Mail.
Karen Heald
Montana
2012-04-17ALAN BERNSTEIN: This stuff works as advertised if the wood is reasonably dry and you can deliver the liquid effectively. Not great for use on plywood, for example. When it works, sets up like iron and is great.
I have not used the product yet but it was real easy to order and arrived timely.
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3/19/2013
4.0
Works well
By johey
from Annapolis, MD
About Me Advanced
Pros
Easy to Use
Protects Well
Visually Pleasing
Weather Proof
Cons
Best Uses
Indoor
Outdoor
Wood Trim
Comments about Boatlife GIT-Rot:
Great coverage and absorption, strenghtens wood. Get a custom mixing bowl with 3:1 markings and use a brush to apply. It does take a while to cure fully, especially in colder weather, be prepare to stand up the treated pieces for a week.
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8/15/2012
(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
4.0
does what it says
By John
from Ohio
About Me Casual/ Recreational
Pros
Weather Proof
Cons
Best Uses
Transom
Comments about Boatlife GIT-Rot:
Had a leaky transom for years,finally found git rot and no more leaks!
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2/27/2012
(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
5.0
Will buy for them again
By N/A
from Bonita Springs, Fla.
About Me Advanced
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Easy to Use
Cons
Best Uses
Comments about Boatlife GIT-Rot:
If you take pride in restoration rather than replaceing, then this product is for you. If instructions are followed, this product will work every time. Patience is required when using this product.
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11/27/2010
(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
5.0
This is Great works well for motorhome.
By Chuck the RVer
from Hemet, Calif.
About Me Casual/ Recreational
Pros
Easy to Use
Protects Well
Visually Pleasing
Weather Proof
Cons
Difficult to Use
Best Uses
Indoor
Outdoor
Quick Fix
Wood Trim
Comments about Boatlife GIT-Rot:
This is the ideal fix for Boats, RV'S and Motorhomes with soft wood that is hard to get too and expensive to fix. This makes it better than new.
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11/13/2010
(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)
5.0
Fixes gates as well as boats
By Don
from Corrales, New Mexico
About Me Advanced
Pros
Easy to Use
Weather Proof
Cons
Best Uses
Outdoor
Wood Trim
Comments about Boatlife GIT-Rot:
GIT-Rot soaks well into the interior of cracked or rot damaged wood pieces to eliminate the need for replacement.
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5/20/2010
(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)
5.0
Fantastic-main spar repaired
By JohnD
from Discovery Bay, CA
About Me Advanced
Pros
Easy to Use
Cons
Best Uses
Outdoor
Quick Fix
Wood Trim
Comments about Boatlife GIT-Rot:
Dry rot main keel of our Fishercraft - it passed inspection after use. Solid and strong
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