On Oct 12, 6:03 pm, "Alex"
wrote:
"Bob" wrote in message


At the risk of (1) being exposed as a boatbuilding dunce or (2) even worse,
starting a thread as hotly contested as the hypotheteical 40' vertical
sal****er still, the comment about Dow Corning 795 leads me to ask a (naive)
question.

Could this high-strength, high-grab, somewhat flexible adhesive, or one
somewhat similar, be used to build a boat from aluminum panels, somewhat the
way epoxy is used for stitch-and-glue with plywood?
Alex


Good idea..... Years ago I worked at a research oyster hatchery. They
used silicone seal to bond 200 gallon glass tanks. The tanks were set
into a 2"x4" wood frame. But the glass panes were all bonded with
clear silicone seal...... never a failure

I would think 5200 might work for a quick boat. I used it to patch all
the lose rivits and holes in an 18' Grumman canoe that a bunch of
drunk cowboys abused for 10 years.

Bob