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Re: Progress
By:Brian Nystrom
Date: 12/1/2004, 10:20 am
In Response To: Re: Progress *LINK* (thomas duncan)

: 5200 is by all accounts a great sealant, but takes days to cure.

There is a "Fast Cure" version of 5200 on the market now.

: Marine Goop
: should work well, and is readily available, cures much faster. I went
: through some of the same gyrations installing my day hatch lid, and wound
: up with the Goop, and it has worked extremely well for the last 6 months,
: I've seen very rough usage. I actually never even bolted the hatch lid, it
: is a tight fit and gooped.

Goop products are great. You needn't use "Marine" Goop for interior projects. The only difference between it and the less expensive Goop products is that M.G. contains UV inhibitors which make it more suitable for exterior use.

BTW, if you want to make it easier to use and reduce the curing time even more, thin it with toluene or MEK. It spreads easier, wicks into small crevices better and cures in a couple of hours.

: Sikaflex was another sealant folks here swore by, but I could not find that
: locally either.

I've heard good things about it, too, and it's somewhat of an industry standard, but I haven't used it...yet.

Messages In This Thread

Other: Underdeck sealed compartmemt. *Pic*
John Monroe -- 11/27/2004, 4:14 am
Re: Other: Underdeck sealed compartmemt. *Pic*
John Monroe -- 12/2/2004, 3:05 pm
Re: Other: Underdeck sealed compartmemt.
Thomas Duncan -- 12/2/2004, 7:39 pm
Re: Other: Underdeck sealed compartmemt.
John Monroe -- 12/3/2004, 3:49 am
Progress *NM* *Pic*
John Monroe -- 11/28/2004, 4:09 am
Re: Progress
Thomas Duncan -- 11/28/2004, 8:49 am
Re: Progress *Pic*
John Monroe -- 11/29/2004, 4:50 am
Re: Progress *Pic*
John Monroe -- 11/30/2004, 5:19 am
Re: Progress
thomas duncan -- 11/30/2004, 9:29 am
Re: Progress
John Monroe -- 12/1/2004, 4:13 am
Re: Progress
Ken Sutherland -- 12/2/2004, 7:22 pm
Re: Progress
John Monroe -- 12/3/2004, 3:56 am
Re: Progress
Thomas Duncan -- 12/2/2004, 7:28 pm
Re: Progress
Ken Sutherland -- 12/2/2004, 11:06 pm
Re: Progress
Thomas Duncan -- 12/2/2004, 11:18 pm
Fishing Spool OT *LINK* *Pic*
Ken Sutherland -- 12/3/2004, 10:29 am
Re: Fishing Spool OT
thomas duncan -- 12/3/2004, 10:35 am
Re: Progress *LINK*
Glen Smith -- 12/2/2004, 11:24 pm
Re: Progress
Ken Sutherland -- 12/3/2004, 10:31 am
Re: Progress
Thomas Duncan -- 12/2/2004, 11:42 pm
Re: PL Poly vs. 3M 5200 *LINK*
John B -- 11/29/2004, 1:46 pm
Re: Progress *LINK*
thomas duncan -- 11/29/2004, 11:44 am
Re: Progress
Brian Nystrom -- 12/1/2004, 10:20 am
Re: Progress
John Monroe -- 12/2/2004, 4:17 am
Thanks John & Thomas
John Monroe -- 11/30/2004, 3:56 am
Some of my own innovations
Robert N Pruden -- 11/27/2004, 11:11 pm
Re: Other: Underdeck sealed compartmemt. *LINK*
Rod Tait, Orca Boats -- 11/27/2004, 8:55 pm
Re: Other: Underdeck sealed compartmemt.
Don -- 11/27/2004, 9:47 pm
Magnets *NM*
Rod Tait, Orca Boats -- 11/28/2004, 12:25 am
Re: Other: Underdeck sealed compartmemt.
Brian Nystrom -- 11/27/2004, 6:01 pm
Re: Other: Underdeck sealed compartmemt.
John Monroe -- 11/28/2004, 4:47 am
Re: Other: Underdeck sealed compartmemt.
Brian Nystrom -- 12/1/2004, 10:10 am
Re: Other: Underdeck sealed compartmemt.
Thomas Duncan -- 11/27/2004, 9:05 am