[Rhodes22-list] Robert on rebedding ports...

[Michael D. Weisner]

How about if I just attach the pdf - that might be easier.

Mike
s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
       Nissequogue River, NY

From: "Tootle" <ekroposki at charter.net>Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 1:05 PM
>
> Bob,
>
> That was direct to the PDF, here is how I got there:
>
> http://products3.3m.com/catalog/us/en001/auto_marine_aero/marine/node_GSWWSBSW85be/root_GST1T4S9TCgv/vroot_GS4JK4Y166ge/gvel_QH8HT14PGTgl/theme_us_marine_3_0/command_AbcPageHandler/output_html
>
> Anyway, as you may be aware, Captain Rummy uses a product that he uses and
> has experience with in roofing:  NP-1
>
> It is a one part urethane.  I was reading the label on an old tube of 5200
> and it said one part urethane.  It certainly is different from what 
> Rummy's
> product is.  5200 is glue, and gets very hard.  Boat makers use it
> extensively to secure things.  The problem is its lack of flex on a boat.
> As fiberglass decks flex they cause cracks with 5200, that cause leaks.
>
> I knew that 3M developed 4200 to deal with that issue.  So I tried to get
> some technical answers as to differnces between:  5200, 4200, LifeSeal, 
> and
> NP-1.  I am not Roger P., so I am stuck with what is on the labels.
> Apparently all the mentioned products are Urethane mixtures of some type.
> For different purposes we need to use different products.
>
> And my brief study does not get into silcone, silcone II, neoprene, etc.
>
> Anyway, the page I posted is hard to get to on the 3M site.  You would 
> think
> that would direct you to it in oriniary English, but you have to try the
> exact terms before you get to it.
>
> I use Rummy's product.  It has remained flexible on seams for two years.
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
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