LedJube_at_aol.com wrote: > > Has anyone had any experience with 3M 5200? > > I'm here working on a custom job for some Lloyd guy in BC. Stories are > that this guy really thrashes his boats so I'm making him a stiff yet force > absorbing boat of ancient design. Long story short, I opened a (not so new > but unopened) tube of 5200 and it was so stiff I needed a pair of pliers to > squeeze just a little bit out. That little bit was as stiff as the > toothpaste after the cap was left off for about a month. Which is to say far > too stiff to work into any adhesive application. Is this the norm? How > should fresh 5200 look? Feel? Flow? 5200 should feel like toothpaste. Nasty, sticks to everything, good for joints subject to bending. I've installed "emergency" port lights (those windows in the cabin of a sailboat with 5200 and nothing else. I saw the boat a few weeks ago and the seal was still good (6 years after) - the owner had "never got round to fixing it right". Good goop! Roger > I'm told that this is the stuff dreams are made of for marine adhesives. > Where did I go wrong? Thanks in advance for any and all responses. > > Jed > The waters too hard for paddling. The 5200 is too stiff for building. Do I > have to go skiing to get some satisfaction? > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not > to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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