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Jere Lull

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(Parallax) wrote:

To give you some idea of my obsession with experimenting and why my
home built boats will NEVER have re-sale value.
When I built the MiniCups, I got bored with epoxy thickener and
experimented.
Hmmm, this is FL where we have roaches, bad termites, etc, OK, I'll
use Sevin (pesticide) dust to thicken the epoxy. It worked ok but I
felt bad about it.
Tried cornstarch and it worked very well, really creamy. Regular
flour didnt work too well. Corn meal did. Cement dust worked.
Experimented with many ways of making 6 mil poly sails including duct
tape, carpet tape, 3M 5200, contact cement, GOOP, and lots of others.
Finally found that my wifes clothes iron on HIGH will controllably
melt the seams together.
Lots of other craziness, but fun.

You're a guy after my own heart. I resemble many of those remarks, sir.

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Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html
Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

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