> 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
> Bostick & Sullivan
> PO Box 16639, Santa Fe
> NM 87506
> 505-474-0890 FAX 505-474-2857
> http://www.bostick-sullivan.com
Jack Deardorff once recommended Dupont Black Silicon caulk. It worked great.