Peter Osman wrote: > Dave Kruger wrote:- > >Small addendum: I do not believe there is any petroleum spirit (on > >this side of the big water, that would be "petroleum distillate," or > > >"mineral spirits," or somesuch) in 303. Any petroleum distillate > >would be very harmful to latex,for which 303 is ideal. > Well I agree and disagree - guess there's 303's and 303's. I've just checked > the label and it does say "Flammable: contains petroleum distillates". This > is because it is the 303 Fabric Guard product which is used to protect > fabrics and carpeting and in my case the canvas deck on my Klepper. It isn't > the 303 product used for synthetics or Hypalon. [snip] > I've been using this treatment on the cotton canvas deck for 18 months and > have worked my way through a gallon of the stuff. By the way I have no > shares or commercial interest in the 303 company - but am also a very > satisfied customer:~) Mea culpa, Peter -- you are absolutely correct. I should have picked up on that "fabric" in your post. Glad the fabric version of 303 works so well. I may be using it soon on my own rag boat. Thanks for sharing your expertise! -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed May 31 2000 - 07:23:24 PDT
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