I've also used Hydrogrip from Perception to outfit whitewater boats and it's always worked fine. roughing up the surface definitely helps. There's a solvent with a 3 letter acronym beginning with 'M' that will clean the area to be glued without melting the boat. Can't remember the other 2 letters, but it was recommened by Dagger and I bought it at Home Depot. Might be worthwhile to check with your boat's mfgr just to be safe. It's important to follow the Hydrogrip instructions carefully. Put a coat on each surface, let dry, put on a second coat, let dry, then stick 'em together carefully. Once they're together they won't come apart! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Jernigan Brian (nbd1bpj) wrote: > > I've also used Hydrogrip from Perception to outfit whitewater boats > and it's always worked fine. roughing up the surface definitely > helps. There's a solvent with a 3 letter acronym beginning with 'M' > that will clean the area to be glued without melting the boat. Can't > remember the other 2 letters, but it was recommened by Dagger and I > bought it at Home Depot. That would be MEK: methyl ethyl ketone. Lacquer thinner should work just as well. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR chemist *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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