Looks like some good news from Forspar. I'm pasting their reply as follows: you can attach Marelon to bronze. The only caveat is to be sure...
Thanks for the info. I found the following tech tip from Forspar that should be of interests to many: Tech Tip Marelon® Valves on...
Understand... but I want the boat to be safe and in the event of a hose rupturing, etc. while underway out at sea, I want to be able to quickly...
Fenders PU stands for Poly Urethane? Who manufactures it? That would be worth a test on even a small fender to see how it works out.
Hmmm... yes... that's a possibility... unforturnately I chucked them out... that might be a workable solution. What kind of foam would you...
How to unfreeze tapered seacocks while the boat is in the water? Heat? Penetrating oil? Sledge hammer? Blow torch... heat gun? I know the...
Yokohama Rubber makes the expensive fenders I mentioned. See: http://www.japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=9966 This is their latest...
Battle of the fenders I tried bonding outdoor carpet to the tires I had on the boat, but the bonding agent wasn't strong enough and the carpet...
Battle of the Fenders For a 60 foot 30 ton power cruiser in high winds.... typhoons... ?. Anyway, even if if they did work... the port...
Fenders Fixing stuff on the pier is worthless... there are already vertical rubber dock buffers on the pier... what happens is at high tide...
Apitong vs Finn Birch I have samples and have seen full size sheets. They are both nice... no voids, so it just boils down to which wood is...
I tried the traditional rope fenders that came with the boat... they didn't protect the hull and were ripped to shreds by the pier and oysters....
Four years as an aircraft crewchief in the Air Force... I was surprised one day when we had to open a panel on the wing of a jet fighter and found...
Building a deck with 3/8" marine grade plywood... I can get Apitong or Finn White Birch for the same price in 4x8 sheets... which should I use.
Battle of the Fenders I guess you are talking about airfilled commercially sold fenders. I tried those including the large teardrops made by...
Tried that, but the boat moved up and down with the tide and the rub rail gets stuck on the top of the tire on the way down... pulled the...
I need three huge fenders to keep a 60 foot boat off a concrete pier. The commercial ones I've seen are airfilled and start at $3,000.00 each and...
