Clear 3M Heavy Duty Mailing Tape works great to seal holes from rain. The sun's UVs will breaking down after several months, but it is my go-to tape for temporary hole covers as it leaves very little residue.
Chuck S > On March 22, 2020 at 5:11 PM James Hesketh via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Hope all these precautions bring happy results for us all > > > I've been using blue painter's tape, but it will eventually let water > through if it gets wet enough. > > Duct tape keeps the water out, but I need to take it up and replace it > every couple days. I've got the first 2 coats of 3 down and want to try to > avoid using chemicals on it before the paint gets a long cure. It's just a > one-part polyurethane -- TotalBoat Wet Edge from Jamestown Distributors. > > Shawn wrote: > > > > > For plugging those holes, Tuck tape used for construction > works well, although it will leave a residue, but I assume a solvent will > remove it. I have lots of holes covered with it right now also. It is very > sticky, and only a small piece is needed for each hole, or use it to hold > plastic over larger sections (like my engine control panel that is removed). > > > > > > > > > > > I'd written: > > > > > > > I'm in the middle of painting my decks/cabin/cockpit and > > have all the deck hardware removed (including cleats -- my dock lines are > > currently ties to the toe rail) so there are a lot of holes to keep covered. > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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