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Re: more 5200 Sealant advice please
By:Robert Woodard
Date: 3/8/1999, 5:41 pm
In Response To: more 5200 Sealant advice please (Brian T. Cunningham)

> Since I can't really spray any water in there. Think I'll have any trouble
> getting it to cure properly?

Hi Brian,

I think it should cure just fine, just probably not in the 7 days mentioned on the tube. The tube instructions say the contents should be used within the first 24 to 48 hours after puncturing the metal seal, so I suspect this stuff begins to cure as soon as it gets any exposure to air.

On my bulkheads, I could only spritz the bead I put on the outside. Where I shoved the tube between the foam and the sides of the kayak probably stayed sticky for much longer. I was only wanting to speed up the cure of what I could touch (or get on me while finishing up the kayak).

Some of the others may have better advice.

Woody

Messages In This Thread

5200 Sealant
Robert Woodard -- 2/27/1999, 7:57 pm
more 5200 Sealant advice please
Brian T. Cunningham -- 3/8/1999, 10:57 am
Re: more 5200 Sealant advice please
Jason Steeves -- 3/8/1999, 9:18 pm
Re: more 5200 Sealant advice please
Robert Woodard -- 3/8/1999, 5:41 pm
Re: 5200 Sealant
Nolan Penney -- 3/2/1999, 6:28 am
Re: 5200 Sealant
Robert Woodard -- 3/2/1999, 4:54 pm
Re: 5200 Sealant
Nolan Penney -- 3/3/1999, 6:40 am
Re: 5200 Sealant
Robert Woodard -- 3/6/1999, 10:32 am
Re: 5200 Sealant
lee -- 3/1/1999, 2:06 pm
Re: 5200 Sealant
Jason Steeves -- 2/28/1999, 1:03 am