I'm using butyl for the first time and learning to like it. I'm refitting my boat outside and have to work around humidity, blazing sun and wind and rain. Another Butyl advantage is that it never cures or gets hard, so you can prepare deck hardware, (wrap some butyl around each fastener), inside the cabin at night, or at home while having an adult beverage and install it the next day, or bag it and install it days later or whenever weather conditions are better.
Before butyl, I had success using 3M 4200 and 4000UV but once open, you have to use the tube within 24 hours or toss it. They are good products, and quicker than butyl, but incur some waste and that makes them very expensive. I save them for thruhulls and deck fills. Chuck S > On 08/09/2021 1:47 PM Martin DeYoung via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > > I second Chuck’s comments, I have used 3 rolls of the Bed-It butyl tape > during Calypso’s restoration. > > Martin DeYoung > Calypso > 1971 C&C 43 > Seattle/Port Townsend’s yard > > > > > On Aug 9, 2021, at 5:18 AM, CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hey guys, > > FWIW, I just rebed my chainplates and some deck hardware using > > Bed-It Butyl Tape and the link below provided some tips that really helped > > and I thought I'd share. > > > > https://marinehowto.com/bed-it-tape/ > > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarinehowto.com%2Fbed-it-tape%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C8fc52f229bee412ac0c508d95b2fd134%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637641083199832709%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=P1g51LjDRcRWefCWTOuaXsZO5f7DWIJctmlHSVKEZLk%3D&reserved=0 > > > > Chuck S > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to > > help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list > > - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > Thanks - Stu > > > > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help > > with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu >
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
