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Re: 5200 shrinking and cracking?
By:Don Beale
Date: 4/30/1999, 12:53 pm
In Response To: Re: 5200 shrinking and cracking? (Nolan Penney)

I put it on myself. Two years later it leaked. I think the most likely cause was the house flexing against the window frame, which was right next to the stays. Could also have been dirt, but I'd expect that to leak right away. The beating that boat took, anything would leak.

> Are you sure that was 5200 used there, and not simply a white caulk like
> latex? I've never seen 5200 shrink either, and I don't see how it could
> ever crack as it never becomes hard or brittle.

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