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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Flotation bags... Wine cask bag
By:JohnK
Date: 4/4/2009, 6:07 am

I've been using them for years. I tie 5 or so of them up in onion bags. They are fine, but can puncture and can lose air slowly. I've never had one rupture, but I live in Tasmania, a bit cooler.
JohnK

: I blew up an empty wine cask "sack". I have left it out in the open
: for 2 weeks now with temperatures from 28 C to 13 C (Australia) It is just
: kicking about in the back yard... rain too. It does not seem to have
: deflated at all. (Subjective comment)

: Has anyone used these as flotation bags? A piece of string around the
: "tap" to pull it back if it does lose some volume? Cheap if you
: drink the stuff; expensive if you just empty it out!!!!!

: Great fun collecting them! :)

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Brian Lemin -- 4/4/2009, 5:33 am
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Andy Waddington -- 4/16/2009, 6:36 am
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Daniel from sweden -- 4/16/2009, 11:39 am
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Brian Lemin -- 4/17/2009, 4:11 am
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Brian Lemin -- 4/16/2009, 8:56 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 4/5/2009, 9:55 am
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Daniel from sweden -- 4/5/2009, 12:58 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/6/2009, 12:46 am
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Mike Savage -- 4/5/2009, 4:34 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/5/2009, 4:26 pm
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Daniel from sweden -- 4/6/2009, 3:26 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 4/5/2009, 2:34 pm
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Daniel from sweden -- 4/5/2009, 8:18 am
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JohnK -- 4/4/2009, 6:07 am
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Etienne Muller -- 4/4/2009, 12:25 pm
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JohnK -- 4/4/2009, 5:07 pm
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Brian Lemin -- 4/5/2009, 2:58 am
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JohnK -- 4/5/2009, 3:17 am