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A New Privy at Tremont and a question

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#21

@John L. TiteBond III is the waterproof one NOT 1 or 2.

#22

Gotcha Dave, Thanks!

#23

Dave Taylor said:

@John L. TiteBond III is the waterproof one NOT 1 or 2.

Mmmmmmmmmm not so much. I’m told that it is water resistant, not water proof. Just make sure that you don’t boil your boat. (old boat building joke)

#24

Steve, thanks for the heads up. I doubt that you’ll ever meet anyone more skeptical than myself on the subject of adhesives outdoors. Aside from the West system for boatbuilding, but that’s different as the entire article is cocooned in the resin, as you know. As far as i’m concerned, any venture I take in this direction will be strictly experimental. I’m still a firm believer in mechanical joints.

Shucks, I won’t even use paint outdoors. I let everything weather out there au naturel, like those hundred year old barns. The ones that have never seen a lick of paint, and are still as sound as the day they were built.

On this forum I keep hearing about these adhesives, which I confess I don’t trust, but I want to see what I think from first hand experience. Won’t invest a fine model or a lot of labor in this. I remain highly skeptical; I suspect H2O will get in there somehow and weaken the joint, but I need to go thru the motions!

#25

Steve Featherkile said:

Dave Taylor said:

@John L. TiteBond III is the waterproof one NOT 1 or 2.

Mmmmmmmmmm not so much. I’m told that it is water resistant, not water proof. Just make sure that you don’t boil your boat. (old boat building joke)

Mmmmmmmmmm yes it is Steve. Says on the bottle, waterproof. :wink:

#26

Shawn Viggiano said:

Steve Featherkile said:

Dave Taylor said:

@John L. TiteBond III is the waterproof one NOT 1 or 2.

Mmmmmmmmmm not so much. I’m told that it is water resistant, not water proof. Just make sure that you don’t boil your boat. (old boat building joke)

Mmmmmmmmmm yes it is Steve. Says on the bottle, waterproof. :wink:

OK, but I’m not gonna go sailing with you if you boil your boat. :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

From Titebond III’s own webpage: …The formula passes the ANSI/HPVA Type I water-resistance specification… (italics mine)

I’ve had Titebond III fail in outdoor applications before, even when mechanically reinforced. Like I said, don’t boil your boat. Will it suffice for our applications? Probably. But it is water resistant, not water proof.

Epoxy is waterproof.