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Re: 5200 shrinking and cracking?
By:Pete Rudie
Date: 5/3/1999, 12:48 am
In Response To: Re: 5200 shrinking and cracking? (Grant Goltz - Squeedunk Kayaks)

> Well, it was 5200, mahogany color (at least that's what the label said). I
> used it to fasten Minicell bulkheads. I put a nice even bead and feathered
> it out. After letting it cure a few days, I noticed that instead of the
> nice smooth bead it had shrunken into the joint which was now a crack. And
> the joint leaked. I don't use the stuff any more after that experience. I
> don't have this problem with polyurethane caulk, and it costs half as
> much, does a very good job. just the facts. Grant Goltz

I had the very same experience with the very same product on a plywood bulkhead. There must be something at work here besides entropy.

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