Maybe it breaks the suface tension at the leak ????? John Martinez wrote:
> My copy of American Angler arrived yesterday and > bundled with it was a new mag called Fly Fishing.com > Magazine. Toward the back of the mag is an article > called "Gearing Up for the Northwest" (hang on, I'm > getting there) in the article was a tip, and I quote, > "Learn to quickly identify (using rubbing alcohol and > H2O) and repair (with a light application of > Aquaseal/Cotol) leaks quickly." > > What's with the use of rubbing alcohol? Does it > somehow make a leak easier to detect? I know about the > filling the waders with water trick, but how would > adding alcohol help? If anyone is familiar with this, > could they elaborate? The magazine article didn't say > anything else about it. > > Thanks for any replies. Merry Christmas and Good > Fishing to All. > > -John > Oregon > > ===== > The River- > You passers-by, who share my journey, > You move and change,I move and am the same; > You move and are gone, I move and remain. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of > your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com > or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com -- Jimmy D. Moore I FISH BECAUSE I MUST ! But, more importantly, I fish because my Dad taught me! Scout Exec. BSA,(Ret.) - Outdoor Writer, TOWA, GRTU, FFF For fly fishing info across the USA world. check out http://www.BIGTROUTMAN.homestead.com/MainPage.html By popular request, here's the URL for Sporting Tales Magazine http://sportingtales.com/main.php
