> excellent report Rudy. Really helpful.
> Yeah, I would stick to WEST system
> or the other leading epoxy for marine
> applications. WEST makes it easy with
> the pump system.
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> http://www.gougeon.com/
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> -tf
> no relation to the Gougeon brothers
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> Listees,
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>> A couple of months ago it was suggested that Gorilla glue might work
>> well on sailboat projects. By then I'd already used it on a section of
>> rubber rub rail that had come loose on my boat. I did so because I 'd
>> used the glue for a number of shop projects, indoor and outdoor, where
>> its one component nature promised at least more convienient to use than
>> epoxy and because my shop work with it seemd very satisfactory.
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>> Now no longer: it still holds strong for indoor work (two+ years for
>> radiator covers), but an outdoor project has literally collapsed: the
>> deck bin that I use at my house for bird food storage had come apart at
>> many of the joints. This spring I reglued these joints with Gorilla
>> glue.
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>> Yesterday I saw that the glue had turned to powder in all the joints,
>> which are now sprung and need regluing. I'll use Gugeon epoxy for
>> that. (I specify Gugeon (sp?) because I've found that not all epoxies
>> are equal: Some Sears epoxy I used to repair a dry sailed dingy years
>> ago absorbed water and lost strength.)
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>> The rub rail is still holding well, and one of you reported that in a
>> similar use was holding well after two years. I'l tell you about my
>> rail if things change.
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>> My guess is that my fake redwood finished bird food box has some
>> chemical in the finish or the wood that decomposes Gorilla glue. In
>> every other use it has been good.
>>
>> Rudy B.
>> Phoenix, #2237
>> Pasadena, Md.
>>>i del kleitz have used the glue on hatch guides.
>i have added a 3/4 in to the guide to support the hatch lip, in the slot
have added house sliding (plastic) for lip to ride on.
>>this year one side guide got gorilla glue.
>>i do not like it cause it pufts up like foam installation, i grind off
excess and protect the rest with varnish, so we will see if that works
>>sincerly yours-------del kleitz 3561 78 a4 stnd rig trad inter
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