Re: [foldingboats] EPDM rubber coating on fabric?

[FoldingBoats]

Lew Crenshaw: I have a pre-"seal skin technology" Feathercraft that, if I recall 
correctly, has EDPM rubstrips at the stem-keelson junction of the boat.  I got the 
boat from a paddling shop as a year old demo that spent most of its life in display.  
By the time I got the boat, the EDPM appeared to already have dry-rotten and cracked.  
It looks pretty bad.  The hypalon is in great shape, though.

Ralph Hoehn: There was an interesting comment today on the forum at faltboot.de 
reminding readers that rub strips are sacrificial elements (abrading away instead of 
the skin itself) and should therefore be relatively easily replaceable if they were 
called upon too forcefully to do their intended job. How were the EPDM strips attached 
to the Hypalon hull? Can you take them off easily?

Best regards,
Ralph
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