What Glenn said.

There are good ways to do a repair and there are half-assed ways.
For structural repairs to boats where people will be in water too deep to
walk home when it sinks, methods like infusion with solvented epoxy are
irresponsible.

BS

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"Jim Conlin" wrote in message
...
What Glenn said.

There are good ways to do a repair and there are half-assed ways.
For structural repairs to boats where people will be in water too deep to
walk home when it sinks, methods like infusion with solvented epoxy are
irresponsible.

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:53:58 -0400, "Ed Edelenbos"
wrote:

BS

Pretty much looks like you are a minority of one 'round here, my
friend.

Why don't you try an experiment on rotten wood and restore it to its
original strength.....or any sigificant strength.That'll be a stronger
argument than name calling.

After that you could raise a few of my dead relatives. I've got some
old scores to settle.

"P.C. Ford" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:53:58 -0400, "Ed Edelenbos"
wrote:

BS

Pretty much looks like you are a minority of one 'round here, my
friend.

Why don't you try an experiment on rotten wood and restore it to its
original strength.....or any sigificant strength.That'll be a stronger
argument than name calling.


Being in the minority doesn't make one wong. Especially with the
statistically small sampling of boat repairers here. Get out in the real
world, friend. There is life beyond the computer screen. And, I have yet
to call anyone a name brother.

After that you could raise a few of my dead relatives. I've got some
old scores to settle.

I guess next you'll tell me they all died on boats repaired with epoxy
saturated wood.

Ed

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 06:45:30 -0400, "Ed Edelenbos"
wrote:

Why don't you try an experiment on rotten wood and restore it to its
original strength.....or any sigificant strength.


Being in the minority doesn't make one wong. Especially with the
statistically small sampling of boat repairers here.

Ed

Repeating your position does not make you right. Without much of a
stake in the debate either way, I am most swayed when I read that
epoxy has 1/3 the tensile strength of wood.
I remember that 1 in 12 splices are specified when epoxy glueing laths
- and that is evidently to increase the glue surface area - to push up
that tensile strength value.

Brian Whatcott