Boat tail - Redneck style...

[freebeard]

I saw this is the store today, but they didn't have what I'd gone for so I didn't get anything. They'd sold out of the 1" wide. It wasn't too expensive ($6-8) but the 2" rolls were 40" long.


FiberFix.com

Checking the Claim: FiberFix is 100 Times Stronger Than Duct Tape | Innovation | Smithsonian

[tvbd56]

I bought that about 6 months ago for a broken shovel, but haven't used it. my thinking of it is that it's more of a wrap than a tape.

[gone-ot]

...looks more analogous to a "cast"...like the plaster-of-paris casts doctors used to use for setting broken bones.

[freebeard]

From the 2nd link:

For FiberFix’s inventor, Brigham Young University student Spencer Quinn, the notion of a tape that “hardens like steel” came to mind initially during a routine doctor’s visit, when the physician relayed a story about how, instead of duct tape, he once used medical casting tape to temporarily repair his ATV. The method worked well enough to make it home. Quinn and his cousin, a mechanical engineer, then embarked on a long prototyping process that included testing as many as 50 variations. The final product, as Quinn describes, looked nothing like the medical bandages that inspired it.

The medical stuff doesn't bond with the surface. I have a good test case, I thnk I'll pick up a roll.

[dirtydave]

Any updates on the status of the boattail?

Any tips for me to copy the style?
Im planning on using screws and big washers + tape. Does that sound like a good idea?

[Cd]

FiberFix - sounds like a laxative.

[Ecky]

Originally Posted by dirtydave

Any updates on the status of the boattail?

Any tips for me to copy the style?
Im planning on using screws and big washers + tape. Does that sound like a good idea?

I was about to ask the same question about the belly pan. Would bolts + large washers work with 1/2" insulation, or will it tear eventually? How does it hold up against road debris?

[Grant-53]

My next experiment with bonding sections of a fairing will use strips of tarp material and industrial adhesives such as Pliobond or epoxy.

[freebeard]

Originally Posted by Cd

FiberFix - sounds like a laxative.

I tried the stuff. I wasn't impressed. It might bond to itself, like when you wrap it around [and around] a shovel handle but it didn't bond to Polymetal. They call it 'repair wrap' for a good reason.

[Cd]

Originally Posted by freebeard

I tried the stuff. I wasn't impressed.

Well, I certainly hope you didn't eat it !