>apparently they did get the duct tape to stick >just fine to the wet hull of the rescued boat. >Seems to matter what brand the tape is. Also, >as for the Denzo tape, I have been on a remote >paddle where there was some hull damage to a boat >(not mine, of course!), and the Denzo tape didn't >work well at all. G'Day Doug, "Seems to matter what brand the tape is". This must be the key to contrary results with materials for repair! Theres no way any of the duct tapes I've tried would stick to a wet fibreglass hull - but maybe what I've used isn't true duct tape. I haven't tried the "Denzo" or "Denso" tape yet. (Thanks Ron for the antipodean spelling). As a digression on a topic related to the brand of protective materials. A few months ago we were discussing helicopter tape to protect against keel damage. Again the brand must matter because the general opinion was that Helicopter tape wouldn't give satisfactory protection. I was suprised then last weekend to see an example of 3M helicopter tape in very good condiion, that had been on the keel of a fibre glass boat for two years. The boat was routinely dragged across sand and run up on to sand beaches. Mostly Australian beaches are sand not pebbles and it wouldn't have stood up to oyster beds - but for protecting against regular landings on sand the 3M tape seemed a very good solution. So the brand seems to count hugely. Do you know what brand of Duct tape was being used for the in water repair? Perhaps Aussies should buy their duct tape from the US and Americans get their helicopter tape from Oz! All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed May 18 2005 - 06:21:47 PDT
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