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Re: 5200 shrinking and cracking?
By:Nolan Penney
Date: 4/30/1999, 7:01 am
In Response To: Re: 5200 shrinking and cracking? (Don Beale)

> I have seen 5200 crack and shrink on sailboats where it is used to seal
> the aluminum windows to the house. It was exposed to the sunlight though.

Are you sure that was 5200 used there, and not simply a white caulk like latex? I've never seen 5200 shrink either, and I don't see how it could ever crack as it never becomes hard or brittle.

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Grant Goltz - Squeedunk Kayaks -- 4/29/1999, 8:48 pm
5200 shrinking and cracking?
Jason Steeves -- 4/29/1999, 11:41 pm
Re: 5200 shrinking and cracking?
Grant Goltz - Squeedunk Kayaks -- 5/2/1999, 11:52 pm
Re: 5200 shrinking and cracking?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/3/1999, 10:23 am
Re: 5200 shrinking and cracking?
Pete Rudie -- 5/3/1999, 12:48 am
Re: 5200 shrinking and cracking?
Don Beale -- 4/30/1999, 1:19 am
Re: 5200 shrinking and cracking?
Nolan Penney -- 4/30/1999, 7:01 am
Re: 5200 shrinking and cracking?
Don Beale -- 4/30/1999, 12:53 pm