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Re: Fitting out my Guillemot
By:Grant Goltz - Squeedunk Kayaks
Date: 4/29/1999, 8:48 pm
In Response To: Re: Fitting out my Guillemot (Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks)

> Double-sticky carpet tape makes a pretty good non-permanent means of
> holding the seat in place. Contact cement is a good permanent adheasive.

> 3M 5200 is hard too beat. Regular Silicone sealant (RTV) is pretty good
> but may fail after a while.

You might want to try one of the polyurethane calks that are now available. They seem to stick forever to almost anything and are rated for water immersion. The are several brands. PL makes a good one as does MD (Macklinberg Duncan). My own opinion is that these are much better and easier to use than the traditional 3M stuff. (They also cost half as much). My experience with the 3M 5200 is that it shrinks and cracks when drying and the joints therefore sometimes fail.

Messages In This Thread

Fitting out my Guillemot
Greg Steeves -- 4/29/1999, 11:11 am
Re: Fitting out my Guillemot
Kenneth Paul -- 4/29/1999, 3:20 pm
Re: Fitting out my Guillemot
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/29/1999, 11:42 am
Re: Fitting out my Guillemot
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