khayyam 77 Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 reading too many boat repair threads has lead me to believe that i want this stuff: marine-tex epoxy putty. http://www.marinetex.com/marinetexepoxyputty.html anybody know if it's available here, or any good, or if there's something as good or better that is available? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Don't know if it is available here, but great stuff, even helped a guy fix a cracked head on his outboard with it, lasted ages. I used to it to patch up a leaky heat exchanger, all sorts of things. Link to post Share on other sites
Grinna 2 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Is it essentially the same stuff as the Selleys Knead It range? http://www.selleys.com.au/putty/epoxy/knead-it-aqua http://www.selleys.com.au/putty/epoxy/knead-it-steel http://www.selleys.com.au/putty/epoxy/k ... ti-purpose Knead It is available from places like Bunnings and Mitre 10. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 What I remember from the label it was epoxy with something added (like metal?) which made it insanely hard when set Link to post Share on other sites
khayyam 77 Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 no idea if it's the same as the selley's stuff or not. worth a look though. i'm never quite sure when you can get away with non-marine products, which are almost always a lot cheaper (if they do the job properly). the marketing claims for marine-tex are handles like putty, hardens like steel, sands like wood. bonds to almost everything on a boat, fully waterproof, and doesn't require UV protection. Link to post Share on other sites
Murky 1 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 hardens like steel, sands like wood Finding it hard to visualise how this part of the equation works out - if it has hardened like steel... Might justify a trial off the boat before you go wild? Link to post Share on other sites
Marshy 30 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 That selleys Knead It stuff is wicked! Never liked the idea of it til i had to try glue my toiled together while cruising at christmas )The hinge for the seat - Ceramic - Had snapped when i dropped the kite down the front hatch. It sorked a treat, simple to use and dires hard as nails, seriously strong stuff. When i got home i tried to pop it off again and couldnt. It stuck better than the original Epoxy and Glue powder repainr. Link to post Share on other sites
John B 106 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 I did an exhaust elbow/mixer get-home repair with knead it a couple of years ago. Actually it was a bit more than get home , it was just before christmas with no part available , so it did our christmas cruise. Link to post Share on other sites
Absolution 7 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 That selleys Knead It stuff is wicked! It sure is. I've used it for a few things too. I had a hole in the fuel tank on may race car once, slapped some knead it on it and it fixed it even with fuel still leaking from the hole. It held for the rest of the race meeting and took a fair bit of chiseling and a tickle with the grinder to get off. Link to post Share on other sites
khayyam 77 Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 hardens like steel, sands like wood Finding it hard to visualise how this part of the equation works out - if it has hardened like steel... Might justify a trial off the boat before you go wild? hrm, yes, i assume it's only sandable before full cure. i doubt it exists here, given that nobody has yet piped up and said that it is! i have learned, though, that everybody seems to think knead it is great. Link to post Share on other sites
Infinity 1 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 CRC do one called 'Minute Mend'. Plenty of info on their website. Here's another http://www.a1liquidmetal.com/products/p ... /aquamend/ Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 That selleys Knead It stuff is wicked! Never liked the idea of it til i had to try glue my toiled together while cruising at christmas )The hinge for the seat - Ceramic - Had snapped when i dropped the kite down the front hatch. It sorked a treat, simple to use and dires hard as nails, seriously strong stuff. When i got home i tried to pop it off again and couldnt. It stuck better than the original Epoxy and Glue powder repainr. What he said, it is good sh*t. There used to be another besides the Selleys. Part of the Emer (as in Emergel etc) range I think. It just seem to last a lot longer when talking shelf life. That Selleys doesn't seem to store long once you've opened it. The selleys is holding our houses plumbing together at the moment. Due to a concrete truck trashing our old low pressure mains feed we swapped to the new high pressure a bit earlier than was the plan, which is causing the old low pressure system to blow a few fu-fus here and there every wee while. Just waiting for the hot water cylinder to explode now, it was made in 1960 so it's older than me............. and just to piss me off looks to be in far better condition But the putty is doing the job damn well even under pressure and in places damn hot as well. Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Part of the Emer (as in Emergel etc) range I think. It was called Emerkit. The beauty of it was that the two parts were seperate sticks. The sellys stuff, the hardner is rolled up inside the other part. If it ever gets too hot, the two can start to work together and the stick can go off slightly. There are lots of different types of epoxies available now. Some real fancy stuff if you look further afield than just the Mega10 type stores. If you want special epoxies for metal repairs, go to an engineering supplies or Bearing supplies store. You can even get specialised high temperature Epoxys that will repair Exhausts as long as it's not the manifold. Some can withstand 300degC and higher. For Boat fairing, you have to seriously consider this stuff. In fact for any part of boat biulding, they have everything. The fairing compound was easy to mix and easy to use and sands well and most importantly, Cheap. http://www.epoxyglue.com/ Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 MarineTex - Epifill, used them both, hard to tell apart. Link to post Share on other sites
khayyam 77 Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 MarineTex - Epifill, used them both, hard to tell apart. good to know -- after a bit of looking around for marine-tex yesterday i just picked up epifill. i also got some knead it, not for this repair but just because all the posts above make it sound like the sort of thing one should have around! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 I had an ali mounting tang break off my chainsaw block. I just squeezed a bit of Neadit in there, filed it to shape, then drilled and tapped it. It is holding the magneto up to the flywheel. Still going!! Link to post Share on other sites
benny14 6 Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 This thread should be re-titled "What Kiwi's can do with epoxy" Link to post Share on other sites
Battleship 100 Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 I used to repair emerkit to repair small leaks in concrete swimming when I lived in Oz, brilliant stuff seals and cures underwater sets as hard as concrete. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Patched a leaky frost plug on the old Volvo Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Patched a hole in a 20ft Sporty after we got to pissed, the tide went out and it landed on a empty bottle in Mansion House. Patch probably still there. Link to post Share on other sites
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