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getafix 
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 Topic: Pro GripPosted: 27 Mar 12 at 1:00pm |
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aaahhh beer mats sewn onto red overalls and those funny bubble-wrap bouyancy aids... a golden age!
sand + varnish.... it may not be trendy, or come in 4 shades of grey, and you can't sail in bare feet afterwards, but it was effective IIRC |
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maxibuddah
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Posted: 27 Mar 12 at 1:21pm |
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my best beer mat was blackthorn cider, a lovely shade of puke yellow and Brown. yep I had red overalls too and a red musto bubble buoyancy aid. still got it actually with half the bubbles still intact
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Everything I say is my opinion, honest
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getafix
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Posted: 27 Mar 12 at 1:45pm |
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classic.. make sure those bubbles actually have air in them, I got my old BA out of the attic some years ago during a house move and was amazed to see more bubbles inflated than I remembered, turns out the plastic had just 'frozen' in that shape with age, was a lovely shade of pink too
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fudheid
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Posted: 27 Mar 12 at 1:59pm |
+1  i was a blackthorn on one cheek and a strongbow on the other! could'nt afford the bubble musto Ba tho.... |
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only me from over the sea...... |
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G.R.F.
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Posted: 27 Mar 12 at 2:16pm |
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You beermat boys need to go get a room...
As for Pro Grip why is there nothing that does the job better? In a world of snowboard stomp pads and surfing traction pads that all seem to grip OK has no-one come up with something better yet? I guess you could look at that 3M double side sheet stuff that works quite well or back in the day I seem to recall factory application of windsurf deck grip pads used to be facilitated by loctite 416 which is an Industrial superglue. (Superglue however does get reduced in strength 46% by water I seem to recall) anyway that's my three happorth.
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alstorer
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Posted: 27 Mar 12 at 2:55pm |
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Cyanoacrylate adhesives, all of them, have particularly poor moisture resistance. I am surprised at any application in the marine world at all.
Edit: and looking at the MSDS for Loctite 416, it is described as 80-100% ethyl 2-cyanoacrylate. Cheap superglue is just 100% ethyl 2-cyanoacrylate.
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Posted: 27 Mar 12 at 6:29pm |
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Ah, the old beer mat on the arse.
Very fetching
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Jack Sparrow
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Posted: 27 Mar 12 at 6:59pm |
Umm... heavy. Better to mix epoxy and roller it on. And then sprinkle sugar over it. When the epoxy is dry you wash the boat down. The sugar dissolves and you are left with the sharp peaks and troughs left where the sugar was. Nice an light. Nice and grippy. |
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timeintheboat
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Posted: 27 Mar 12 at 7:30pm |
IIRC those red musto bubble jackets could easily be "adapted " to be a weight jacket - handy when weight jackets got banned in Lasers (Anyone remember the protest at the 1984 (or was it 1994?) Nationals at RTBYC?). Mind you mine sort evolved into a weight jacket over time. Last used 5 years ago and now disposed of.
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Like some other things - sailing is more enjoyable when you do it with someone else
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hollandsd
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Posted: 03 Apr 12 at 12:47pm |
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http://www.algeos.com/renia-syntic-vinyl-cement.html
This stuff is supposed to be really good and its designed to stick the stuff. Ill be doing my boat with it this weekend. It works like contact adhesive but it allows repositioning before you heat it up to activate it. Dan |
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