Bad experiments in Boatbuilding
 

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.

In article ,
(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.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html
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In article ,
(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.

Je

If you and I ever went sailing together, God help the cruising
community. The oceans would be populated by Frankenboats like a sorta
nautical Nite of the Living Dead.