drewkaree
Jetboaters Fleet Admiral
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- West Allis & Fremont, WI
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2019
- Boat Model
- AR
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- 21
Well, two things...this will serve to bump this thread, and secondly, mebbe someone has an answer for me.
I ordered the paste to fix all my carpet snap holes a few weeks ago, and it arrived later than expected, and within a time period where we weren't headed to the lake house. At the time, temps were projected to be mid-60's and all would be fine. This being Wisconsin here, 3 weeks changed our temps dramatically, and thankfully I was reading through the directions one more time prior to heading outside to start this project. "Should be applied at temps above 60". Uh oh. It's currently 48, and will drop throughout the day, with similar temps throughout the rest of the weekend, and overnight temps are now in the mid to low 30's.
I've read that when working in "cold" temps, anything around 55 would work, but would require putting the material in some warm water prior to application, but curing time would still be extended greatly (the further away from 70 degrees, the longer it would take). To my interpretation, this is currently a waste of my time to start this, since every "workable" temp is still above where I'm at, and curing might not even take place.
I HAVE read that storing the uncatalyzed product in a cool dry place should be good for 6 months, this is per the container itself. This leads to my question of whether anyone has stored this in a fridge/freezer and used this at a time longer than 6 months. I have not even opened the jar, and I have access to a vacuum sealer, so I'm wondering if I vac-sealed the jar and put the whole shebang in the freezer, would I be good to use it in the spring? 55-60 usually comes sometime around April, so I'm gonna be right at the 6 month point.
Do I freeze this and wait, just keep it in the basement and wait, or buy a new jar in spring?
This is to fill all the snap holes from the carpet prior to starting/finishing up my SeaDek, as well as patching the rash the dealer never fixed that he put on the back of the boat. If I end up using this stuff, I'd do the snap holes first to see how it would look, and use the rest on the rash after verifying that it would be acceptable.
I ordered the paste to fix all my carpet snap holes a few weeks ago, and it arrived later than expected, and within a time period where we weren't headed to the lake house. At the time, temps were projected to be mid-60's and all would be fine. This being Wisconsin here, 3 weeks changed our temps dramatically, and thankfully I was reading through the directions one more time prior to heading outside to start this project. "Should be applied at temps above 60". Uh oh. It's currently 48, and will drop throughout the day, with similar temps throughout the rest of the weekend, and overnight temps are now in the mid to low 30's.
I've read that when working in "cold" temps, anything around 55 would work, but would require putting the material in some warm water prior to application, but curing time would still be extended greatly (the further away from 70 degrees, the longer it would take). To my interpretation, this is currently a waste of my time to start this, since every "workable" temp is still above where I'm at, and curing might not even take place.
I HAVE read that storing the uncatalyzed product in a cool dry place should be good for 6 months, this is per the container itself. This leads to my question of whether anyone has stored this in a fridge/freezer and used this at a time longer than 6 months. I have not even opened the jar, and I have access to a vacuum sealer, so I'm wondering if I vac-sealed the jar and put the whole shebang in the freezer, would I be good to use it in the spring? 55-60 usually comes sometime around April, so I'm gonna be right at the 6 month point.
Do I freeze this and wait, just keep it in the basement and wait, or buy a new jar in spring?
This is to fill all the snap holes from the carpet prior to starting/finishing up my SeaDek, as well as patching the rash the dealer never fixed that he put on the back of the boat. If I end up using this stuff, I'd do the snap holes first to see how it would look, and use the rest on the rash after verifying that it would be acceptable.
