I really like my Dow Corning 795, similar to GE SilPruf. Make sure it makes a thick gasket and don't use if out of date.
Lee Haefele [email protected] On Aug 29, 2011, at 12:01 PM, "Flying Pig" <[email protected]> wrote: > Toe Rail Recaulk > > I'm at the stage in my chores that I'm digging out all the old caulking (3M > 101 at the time - it's no longer available) to recaulk our toerail. > > My fiberglass supplier, with a long history in the boatbuilding biz, is > recommending Bostic 940FS. Water cleanup and tooling, it looks easy to work > with, with a 20 minute skin time.. > > I'm having some serious questions as to the wisdom of using this material. > The 101 I'm taking out in some places is very resistant to removal (others > pull our fine with the V-shaped tool I'm using to get under the center and > catch the edges in one pass). > > However, that's merely caulk, and not an adhesive. Knowing 5200's > reputation for later removal makes me think twice. I hope I don't, but > realistically I expect that at some point in the future, I'll be recaulking > the toe rail. Whether I'd be able to get this stuff out without treating it > (time, money, ?? impact on the paint/teak) is keeping my attention right > now. > > Has anyone used this stuff (Bostic 940FS) to say how it behaves, > particularly in having to remove it? > > Secondly, if you've had years of experience (how does it hold up?), if not > this, what do you use which is currently available (101's not)? > > Thanks. > > L8R > > Skip > > -- > Morgan 461 #2 > SV Flying Pig KI4MPC > See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! > Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog > and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog > > "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you > didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail > away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. > Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
