you don't get out of a big boat into a little boat to save you life
anyway..go with the cheesewhiz.

You're right. What's the rule of thumb?
Never step *down* into a boat when abandoning ship?

I was thinking more of a situation where you make a dinghy run in the middle of
the night...(dog needs to go ashore and pee, whatnot)...and about halfway
across the bay the seams let go from rot. Suddenly, you're swamped or worse.

Up this way, you count your survival time in the water in minutes. Skinny
people might last less than15-20, those with more "blubber" get to agonize a
little longer.

A Google search for "inflatable boat repair" brought 95,000 hits. One
of these is: www.allinflatables.com/support/repairs.html

Jim

Brada wrote:

Any name would help the Google search :-)

"Jim" wrote in message
hlink.net...

I bought the liquid from a place that sold Zodiacs, a Google search
should find it. It lasts for a while, the only permanent fix is to go
buy boat made from hypalon.

My advice is to save your money, unless a temporary fix is what you are
looking for.

andrea wrote:


My old inflateble has become porous. It's made of the neoprene, not

hypalon.

Have heard about some liquid that impregnates the rubber from the

inside.

One is supposed to sip it into the chambers. Please if anyone knows

where to

find it (web address). Any experience?
Thx in advance.

A Google search for "inflatable boat repair" brought 95,000 hits. One
of these is: www.allinflatables.com/support/repairs.html

Jim

Brada wrote:

Any name would help the Google search :-)

"Jim" wrote in message
hlink.net...

I bought the liquid from a place that sold Zodiacs, a Google search
should find it. It lasts for a while, the only permanent fix is to go
buy boat made from hypalon.

My advice is to save your money, unless a temporary fix is what you are
looking for.

andrea wrote:


My old inflateble has become porous. It's made of the neoprene, not

hypalon.

Have heard about some liquid that impregnates the rubber from the

inside.

One is supposed to sip it into the chambers. Please if anyone knows

where to

find it (web address). Any experience?
Thx in advance.

Here's some stuff you paint on the outside;
http://www.allinflatables.com/shopping/paint/index.html


--
Scott Vernon
Plowville PA __/)__/)__

"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
My old inflateble has become porous. It's made of the neoprene, not
hypalon.
Have heard about some liquid that impregnates the rubber from the inside.
One is supposed to sip it into the chambers. Please if anyone knows where
to
find it (web address). Any experience?
Thx in advance.

Almost sounds like that Fix-a-flat junk they sell in auto parts stores.
Fix a
flat is "Temporary use only".

You really want to trust your life to a can of rubberized Cheez Whiz?

You really ought to consider replacing a dinghy that is so old that it has
become "porous".

Lots of swap meets this time of year. Probably pick up something for a few
hundred bucks, and it would have to cost at least a hunskey to have
anybody do
any sort of skilled job of pumping miracle goo into your old boat. :-)

Here's some stuff you paint on the outside;
http://www.allinflatables.com/shopping/paint/index.html


--
Scott Vernon
Plowville PA __/)__/)__

"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
My old inflateble has become porous. It's made of the neoprene, not
hypalon.
Have heard about some liquid that impregnates the rubber from the inside.
One is supposed to sip it into the chambers. Please if anyone knows where
to
find it (web address). Any experience?
Thx in advance.

Almost sounds like that Fix-a-flat junk they sell in auto parts stores.
Fix a
flat is "Temporary use only".

You really want to trust your life to a can of rubberized Cheez Whiz?

You really ought to consider replacing a dinghy that is so old that it has
become "porous".

Lots of swap meets this time of year. Probably pick up something for a few
hundred bucks, and it would have to cost at least a hunskey to have
anybody do
any sort of skilled job of pumping miracle goo into your old boat. :-)

right, I guess that's why they forbid life rafts in ocean racing.

SV


"none" wrote

you don't get out of a big boat into a little boat to save you life
anyway..

right, I guess that's why they forbid life rafts in ocean racing.

SV


"none" wrote

you don't get out of a big boat into a little boat to save you life
anyway..

Try a search on Inland Marine sealant.

Inland and DUX both make inflatable tube sealant for slow leaks. It is
air curing liquid latex. You deflate the tube, add the liquid through
the valve, squish it around and reinflate. Then spend the next few
hours rolling and tilting the boat to get all the interior coated.

However, it will only give you another season or two of use. Once
applied real professional interior patches are not possible so even the
vendors recommend that it be used only as a last resort and only on the
tube that is leaking.

andrea wrote:

My old inflateble has become porous. It's made of the neoprene, not hypalon.
Have heard about some liquid that impregnates the rubber from the inside.
One is supposed to sip it into the chambers. Please if anyone knows where to
find it (web address). Any experience?
Thx in advance.



--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

Try a search on Inland Marine sealant.

Inland and DUX both make inflatable tube sealant for slow leaks. It is
air curing liquid latex. You deflate the tube, add the liquid through
the valve, squish it around and reinflate. Then spend the next few
hours rolling and tilting the boat to get all the interior coated.

However, it will only give you another season or two of use. Once
applied real professional interior patches are not possible so even the
vendors recommend that it be used only as a last resort and only on the
tube that is leaking.

andrea wrote:

My old inflateble has become porous. It's made of the neoprene, not hypalon.
Have heard about some liquid that impregnates the rubber from the inside.
One is supposed to sip it into the chambers. Please if anyone knows where to
find it (web address). Any experience?
Thx in advance.



--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

Notice that description does not cover leaking?
"Renew your old, faded, sticky, deteriorating inflatable boat with this
proven synthetic rubber coating"

Any coating that MIGHT stop (slow down) leaking fabric must be applied
to the inside.

Scott Vernon wrote:

Here's some stuff you paint on the outside;
http://www.allinflatables.com/shopping/paint/index.html


--
Scott Vernon
Plowville PA __/)__/)__

"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...

My old inflateble has become porous. It's made of the neoprene, not

hypalon.

Have heard about some liquid that impregnates the rubber from the inside.
One is supposed to sip it into the chambers. Please if anyone knows where

to

find it (web address). Any experience?
Thx in advance.

Almost sounds like that Fix-a-flat junk they sell in auto parts stores.

Fix a

flat is "Temporary use only".

You really want to trust your life to a can of rubberized Cheez Whiz?

You really ought to consider replacing a dinghy that is so old that it has
become "porous".

Lots of swap meets this time of year. Probably pick up something for a few
hundred bucks, and it would have to cost at least a hunskey to have

anybody do

any sort of skilled job of pumping miracle goo into your old boat. :-)