Re: bellows patching magic

Richard Sullivan (richsul@roadrunner.com)
Tue, 18 Nov 1997 12:35:38 -0700

At 10:32 AM 11/18/97 -0800, you wrote:
>>It might also be possible to
>>dissolve something like a latex rubber in a solvent such as toluene to
>>make a patch material.
>
>I've been using Duro Plastic Rubber for years. It is a wonderful, globby
>black goo that is somewhat hard to control. Seems to me I've cut it with
>turpentine. It works pretty well, but I'm really interested in that
>stuff Richard is using.

Latex is terrible and doesn't age gracefully. There are people alive today
who are living proof of this. This stuff flows nicely and that's what is is
supposed to do, flow into cracks and seal them. I think it is a neoprene
like product. When dry acetone will dissolve it. Neoprene is resistant to
acetone I believe, at least it is to gasoline (petrol to you Terry).

Dick Sullivan
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