The blue ( V7527 royal blue) was an exact, and i mean EXACT match. I used Rust-oleum Professional paint bought at Lowes. I don,t know if my first post went through but boat looks great what color blue did you useĬheck Jeff's original post for the prep work details: I want to replace the entire Rub Rail maybe next Winter. Within the next few weeks, I am going to replace my rope.
If you could post a picture of your Cooper Tube Tool that would be very helpful. I understand that you will see or run into screws to hold the rub rail to the finerglass, but do you run the notch the entire length of the cooper tube so that it looks like a letter " C" but not that big of a notch? Then you align the opening on the screws and push the rope all the way around. How long does this tube need to be or does it matter? I am thinking three inches long. This is due to the rubber now being hard over time. I know that the guys recommend going back with 1/2" Size Rope instead of the 5/8" that came orginal. I know that some of the guys have used the Copper Tube with some soapy water with great success, but I am assuming that that 1/2" size is the ID of the Tube. Thanks and can you give just a little more explaination about the notch cut into the 1/2" Copper Tube. I had never installed rope before, maybe there is a better way, but it went in like a dream for me.
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I used Woodys suggestion and used a piece of 1/2" copper pipe with a notch cut out of it to clear the screws and some silicone spray to install the rope.