My tickets to the Seattle Boat Show back in January came with a free subscription to "Cruising World". Back when Sue and I were cruising most boats were 25 to 35 feet long. Now, apparently, those would be dinghies... but I digress. An ad in the magazine caught my eye. West Systems has an interesting repair cartridge that fits in an ordinary standard caulking gun but delivers metered epoxy for emergency repairs out of a single tip. The system is called the "Six10" and I'm pretty sure it's "one use" but it's certainly small enough to stow away in most kayaks going out on an extended trip (or even as an emergency repair kit on any kayak). The ad claims it can wet out fiberglass, carbon fiber and other reinforcing materials. Price is about $20. If you get one let us know how it worked. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:01 -0700, "Craig Jungers" <crjungers_at_gmail.com> wrote: ... > system is called the "Six10" and I'm pretty sure it's "one use" but > it's certainly small enough to stow away in most kayaks going out on > an extended trip (or even as an emergency repair kit on any kayak). ... > If you get one let us know how it worked. Hey Craig, I've had Six-10 on hand since it came out. It is indeed handy when you need a bit of thickened epoxy for a fix, especially away from home (and your mixing pots etc). The _mixing tip_ is indeed one use. You can buy spares. The cartridge cleverly keeps the components separate so you can store it and just put a new tip on it when you want to use it. The mixing tips are good, especially if you need to dispense a nice bead of epoxy, but you do end up wasting the product left in the tip at the end of the project. So, if I just need a dab, I use the caulking gun to dispense the small amount on a mixing card and just mix it myself and apply it with a stick or whatever. You just have to be careful to not mix the components on the front of the tip when you put the plug back in the tube. I don't really think you could "wet-out" cloth with the mix, as you might by pouring and squeegeeing - although you could certainly smear it all over a patch. It is quite thick. You can put it on a vertical surface without much sag. It seems like it uses a colloidal silica thickener. Jennifer Pivovar -- Jennifer Pivovar jpivovar_at_headwinds.org *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Craig wrote: - >An ad in the magazine caught my eye. West Systems has an interesting repair >cartridge that fits in an ordinary standard caulking gun but delivers >metered epoxy for emergency repairs out of a single tip. G'Day Craig and all, There's also a product in Oz called Selleys plumbers putty. It's a two part epoxy in a tube about six inches long and is designed to work in saltwater. You break off as much as necessary and then knead the two parts together and apply the putty to the problem area. It sets hard and sandable and makes a very effective seal, at least on the one occasion I've had to use it. This was when my boat sprang a leak in a stupidly designed gland for a Valley skeg cable. It was a quick release gland made from dissimilar metals. The gland was located deep in the recesses of the rear hatch and had both corroded and accidentally quick released. Some readers may remember my boat started slowly sinking 20 km into a 40km crossing in the Whitsundays. The dry bags filled with gear gave me sufficient flotation to complete the crossing where I found a rear hatch half filled with water and after suspending the boat between a couple of trees found the leak and fixed it with a fair bit of help from my friends - thanks Lippy and Margot. It saved the trip and I think Valley have now changed the design. 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/ ***************************************************************************
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