Date:         Sat, 4 Mar 2006 23:11:35 -0500
Reply-To:     Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
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From:         Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
Subject:      Re: FYI: Self-Fusing Silicone Rubber Tape - Sounds like a
              solution for on the road leaks?
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thats what i first thought of when i read it also, 3M rubber tape.  that
stuff is a nightmare to get off after its been on a split bolt for years
and has been in a high heat area like a control cabinet.  then i thought
what this stuff sounds like is a knock off of the silicone that they use
to make silicone "racer" hoses.  i researched that stuff a while back and
basically it is a tape that they wrap around a jig and put in a oven.  at
the time i wanted to find the silicone they were using and buy some to
make my own hoses but couldn't turn it up.

jonathan

On Sat, 4 Mar 2006, John Bange wrote:

> Wow, I'll have to get me some of that.  pSounds similar to 3M's 2242
> Electrical Rubber Tape I carry for that purpose, only with THREE TIMES the
> pressure resistance. I'd probably still wrap a strip of plastic cut from a 2
> liter bottle around it and secure it with cable ties, like you have to with
> rubber tape. Just to be sure.
> --
> John Bange
> '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
>
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