I started using Lifecaulk about 10 years ago when I first bought our boat. Tried 4200 3 years ago when I added jam cleats and found the adhesion much stronger. Life caulk takes days longer to cure. I was working alone and was so careful to place the 4200 under the screw head and under the cleat base and in the chamfered hole. The next day I went sailing and after returning to the dock, noticed I hadn't placed nuts on the screws. The 4200 held it tight to the deck. This camcleat had four bolts through the deck, w no nuts. Guess the bolts took the shear force and the 4200 kept it together enough to stay put. I added the fender washers & nuts and had my son hold the bolt still, while I tightened the aircraft nuts from underneath. No leaks.
After a few months I tried to squeeze caulk out of a partially used tube of 4200. I found it had cured in the nozzle but was still pliable in the tube. I drilled the nozzle open with a 1/4" drill and found it squeezed out just fine. Good stuff, though expensive. Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Knecht" <davidakne...@gmail.com> To: "Dennis C." <capt...@yahoo.com>, cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 6:07:13 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List 4200 vs Lifeseal I have used both Lifeseal and Lifecaulk and both are great. One thing I especially like is that they do not cure in the tube after opening (or cure much slower than others). Dave On Mar 13, 2013, at 3:19 PM, Dennis C. wrote: FYI, I've just about stopped using 4200. Seems a lot of the tubes I've gotten were partially cured. I like Lifeseal better. Seems to adhere to more things better. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com David Knecht, Ph.D. Professor and Head of Microscopy Facility Department of Molecular and Cell Biology U-3125 91 N. Eagleville Rd. University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269 860-486-2200 860-486-4331 (fax) _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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