Re: [Paddlewise] On-water patching/Basic Tool Kits

From: Steve Scherrer <Flatpick_at_teleport.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 11:40:45 -0800
Shawn wrote about Denzo:

>>It looks/sounds nasty.  I'd hate to have to try to patch the boat after
it came in with that stuff all over the hull.  Of course, your life is
more important than the difficulty of applying a patch over the goo
that saved your life.

No problemo dude! It cleans up easily with mineral spirits <paint thinner>

>>snip, snip MiraDry, which is a 0.05" thick rubber sheet backed
with some sort of bituminous (tar) mixed with unvulcanized rubber.

snip

>> I'm going to try it out on wet
plastic to see how it works.  It's relatively cheap, and not quite as
messy.  I can send you a chunk if you want to try it out.

Love to try it.  I'll swap you a couple Denzo patches for some MiraDry and
we can do some serious testing!

steve





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