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Other: Bungee Loops & Varnish
By:James Nixon
Date: 8/11/2003, 11:04 am

Bungee Connecting

How do people connect the two ends of their bungees to make a loop? I’ve looked on Newfound and CLC boats, which have kits and many separate pieces but I can’t determine what (if anything there) is supposed to be used for bungee clipping/attaching.
Also, as a follow up to the previous post: I am also varnishing my Night Heron and I’ve not been sanding between coats, but I believe they were close enough together that it wasn’t necessary (first coat had skinned over but was likely only 50% cured). I ordered my varnish, epoxy, and fibreglass cloth all from a local boat-restoration guy a long time ago and didn’t realize what varnish I had until I got to that stage last weekend. Anyone heard of Sikkens Yachtpaints? There’s 4 languages on the cans but none are english, and with my limited spanish I could make out something about thinning, a few different %’s mentioned, and something to do with how many hours – no help. Their website is down and they haven’t got back my inquiry. If anyone has used this and knows the details of the instructions please fill me in. I’m already 3 ½ coats into this, so it’s probably too late if I’m doing something wrong. It seems to look pretty good though. I'll update with pics someday soon.

thanks in advance,
James

Messages In This Thread

Other: Bungee Loops & Varnish
James Nixon -- 8/11/2003, 11:04 am
Re: Other: Bungee
Rod Tait -- 8/11/2003, 8:32 pm
Re: Other: Bungee Loops & Varnish
Jay Doorly -- 8/11/2003, 11:56 am
Re: Other: Bungee Loops & Varnish
Bill Burton -- 8/11/2003, 3:02 pm
Re: Other: Bungee Loops & Varnish
Jay Doorly -- 8/11/2003, 4:52 pm
Re: Other: Bungee Loops & Varnish
James Nixon -- 8/11/2003, 3:50 pm
Re: Other: Bungee Loops *Pic*
Rod Tait -- 8/11/2003, 11:24 am
Re: Other: Bungee Loops
James Nixon -- 8/11/2003, 12:06 pm
Re: Other: Bungee Loops
Malcolm Schweizer -- 8/11/2003, 11:41 am