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.

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. :-)

On 03 Apr 2004 18:47:23 GMT, Gould 0738 wrote:

My old inflateble has become porous.
snip...

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

you don't get out of a big boat into a little boat to save you life
anyway..go with the cheesewhiz.
In fact there are perm~ repair conpunds that will work fine just like the
tire flat liquid, soe of which is designed to be used prophylacticly=
longterm.
the reason it is temp~ in a tire is obvious and doensn't apply to a dingy.
IMHO
rick

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.

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.

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..

On 03 Apr 2004 18:47:23 GMT, Gould 0738 wrote:

My old inflateble has become porous.
snip...

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

you don't get out of a big boat into a little boat to save you life
anyway..go with the cheesewhiz.
In fact there are perm~ repair conpunds that will work fine just like the
tire flat liquid, soe of which is designed to be used prophylacticly=
longterm.
the reason it is temp~ in a tire is obvious and doensn't apply to a dingy.
IMHO
rick

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. :-)

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. :-)