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aeckhart
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Initially Posted - 12/29/2003 :  11:11:21  Show Profile  Visit aeckhart's Homepage
Not long ago someone had a question regarding the feasability of adding hull insulation to their Cat 25. Generally the idea was not well thought of by those who answered the question. While at an auto detailing business one day I happended to see a pamphlet advertising Rhino Linings for marine applications. This polyurethane mat is sprayed on up to 1/4" thick in any of 5 standard and unlimited custom colors. It provides a watertight, scratch resistant, contour-fit surface, which is maintenance-free, repairable, and insulates against noise and vibration.

This product may be the ticket for badly worn and cracked decks, particulalry in the cockpit, and as a hull insulation. The brochure specifically states that it is ideal for coating boat trailers to prevent rusting and maintain appearance.

They don't provide a web address but do have a phone number, 1-800-447-1471.

Thought you'd like to know.

Al
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Al Eckhart
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 12/29/2003 :  12:50:34  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
I read an article in a magazine about a power boat that tore out their leaking teak deck and covered the fiberglass with this stuff with great results.
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frankr
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Response Posted - 12/29/2003 :  12:56:24  Show Profile
There is an article in December's "Practical Boat Owner" (British Publication) about insulationg boats. It's difficult to find - Borders has it. I haven't read the article yet - if you can't get the mag let me know and I'll try to scan it and Email it to you.
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eric.werkowitz
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Response Posted - 12/29/2003 :  14:26:51  Show Profile
Al,

Some of the folks in the Materials Directorate of my employer, the Air Force Research Lab have demonstrated this type of polymer for making structures more blast resistant. They have some great films of house trailers with and with out the coatings subjected to nearby detonations of high explosives. The trailors with the coatings were bent but not broken while those without were completely destroyed. Maybe this stuff could help resist a "T-boning" by a stinkpot!

Eric Werkowitz
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Rob Wells
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Response Posted - 12/31/2003 :  15:09:43  Show Profile  Visit Rob Wells's Homepage
How about using this material as a bottom coating? Seems I saw a letter in Practical Sailor about using it on the fiberglass bottom of RIB dinghys. It lasts forever and nothing will grow on it. I have it in the bed of my pickup truck, it is bomb proof!
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