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I need to redo the centreboard gasket fluff on the bottom where the sand and salt has had its way over the past four years. I have the material and, as Dirk mentioned, it has a self adhesive tape on the gasket fluff. Are you supposed to use an additional adhesive as well? Canada doesn't have Hypabond-contact adhesive and I understand it can't be shipped from England here. Anyone have any ideas of what to use here in North America or will the self adhesive tape last for a bit? Any other tips on how to change it out for a ham-fisted sailor who is anything but handy! It should be straight forward but, if there is a way to mess up, I will find it.
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12/07/2019 19:01:00
Phil Minnion
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Hi Peter,
thank you very much for your answer.
The short term solution became quite obvious after unpacking the gasket.
There is a self adhesive strip on the gasket.
I assume that the combination of very warm weather, lots of salt and sand here in Muscat will make the gluestrip on the gasket fail pretty soon.
When I am in Europe next time I'll get a tin of hypabond-contact-adhesive.
Cheers,
Dirk
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17/03/2018 13:09:00
Dirk Gramkow
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Hi Dirk,
Message from RS Customer Support;
Use Hypabond-contact adhesive for glueing daggerboard case gasket
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17/03/2018 05:23:00
Peter Barton
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Hi all,
anyone an idea which type of glue to use for glueing the centreboard case gasket into the centreboard case?
I tried epoxy but that didn't work as expected.
Cheers,
Dirk
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12/03/2018 12:21:00
Dirk Gramkow
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