Steve Scherrer <Flatpick_at_teleport.com> wrote: >Denzo tape. >It's a British made plumbers tape that'll stick to anything, even wet. >It's oowie/goowie, a tar/ heavy grease impregnated tape the width of >duct tape. I roll out double wide, 4-6" long patches onto aluminum foil >backing then cover with 4mil plastic and store in a ziplock. Bill McKenzie showed me his patch kit--I think it was the same stuff. 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. My "day job" is in the construction industry, and there's some new stuff out called MiraDry, which is a 0.05" thick rubber sheet backed with some sort of bituminous (tar) mixed with unvulcanized rubber. It will even stick to wet concrete, and is made for sealing foundations below grade. It comes in 3' rolls, so could easily be kept large (as large as the ziploc you'd care to carry it in). The only thing it doesn't stick to is a dusty surface. 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. Shawn Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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