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Re: Like this stuff
By:Brian Nystrom
Date: 2/10/2015, 7:36 am
In Response To: Like this stuff (Jay Babina)

There are three problems with that material, it's very weak (tears easily), it's not watertight and it's polyethylene, so it's difficult to bond anything to it. Even if you could achieve a bond, any stress on it would cause the material to tear and separate.

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Material: BP screw in hatches sealing
Thomas Duncan -- 2/8/2015, 11:26 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/8/2015, 12:10 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/8/2015, 5:18 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 2/8/2015, 8:47 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 2/8/2015, 10:18 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 2/9/2015, 8:40 am
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daveg -- 2/9/2015, 11:42 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/10/2015, 1:01 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 2/10/2015, 7:28 am
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Thomas Duncan -- 2/12/2015, 8:11 am
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Jay Babina -- 2/9/2015, 8:55 am
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Thomas Duncan -- 2/9/2015, 10:12 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/9/2015, 1:22 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 2/9/2015, 3:24 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/9/2015, 5:59 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 2/9/2015, 6:30 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 2/9/2015, 7:58 pm
Like this stuff
Jay Babina -- 2/9/2015, 3:17 pm
Re: Like this stuff
Thomas Duncan -- 2/9/2015, 3:30 pm
Re: Like this stuff
Brian Nystrom -- 2/10/2015, 7:36 am
Re: Like this stuff
Jay Babina -- 2/10/2015, 3:01 pm
Re: Like this stuff
Mike Bielski -- 2/11/2015, 10:04 am