[pct-l] thin closed cell foam, stove tape, and silnylon repair info needed

[christinpruett@xxxxxxxxxxx (christin pruett)]

Hi Mara, I have the solution for your problem.  No doubt someone else will
also reply in like kind.  Don't use the flue tape, it comes off!  Go to a
walmart, auto-parts store, or hardware store and they will probably have
this stuff called j-b weld.  It looks like two tubes of tooth paste which
you mixed together and apply around the outside of the soda can, or wherever
else you might have a leak.  It is amazing stuff and can withstand very high
and low temps.  Sometimes mechanics use it on auto engines.  Anyway, I put
it on the pepsi-can stove I made and have used it many times and it has
worked great.

As far as closed cell foam, I have one I bought out of campmor a long time
ago but I think they still sell them.  They are black and mine seems to be
lighter and thinner than the kind you buy at walmart.
Christy






>From: "Mara Factor" <m_factor@hotmail.com>
>To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net,
>BackpackingLight@yahoogroups.com,at-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>Subject: [pct-l] thin closed cell foam, stove tape, and silnylon repair
>info needed
>Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 14:29:54 -0400
>
>Hi all,
>
>I'm getting very frustrated...
>
>I've been looking for places that carry high temp flue tape so that I can
>make myself a couple of stoves before I hit the trail.  You would think
>that
>near Boston, I could find such a product, but no...  The folks at
>independant hardware stores send me to Home Depot.  HD sends me to heating
>and plumbing places, the heating and plumbing places send me to performance
>car places, etc...  Does anyone know where I can buy this (or similarly
>appropriate) stuff?  I see foil tape here and there, but it never lists a
>temperature rating.  Is that adequate?
>
>Alternatively, is anyone bringing stove making materials to the ADZPCTKOP
>where I could make one there?  Or does anyone have any extras that they
>would be willing to donate to a frustrated PCT thruhiker?
>
>:-}
>
>I'm happy to pay for materials and such but I just can't find them around
>here.
>
>Likewise with some closed cell foam.  I have a typical blue closed cell
>foam
>sleeping pad but that's too thick for my purposes.  Does anyone know where
>I
>can get some on the order of 1/8", 3/16", or 1/4"?  The only place I've
>found around here that might have what I'm looking for sells in $500
>minimums.  I'm not really looking for the bubblewrap/sunshade type stuff.
>I'm planning on using a Big Agnes REM Air Core sleeping pad (no insulative
>qualities) and just want a thin closed cell foam pad to add a bit of
>insulation.
>
>And finally, I noticed at the end of my OZ/NZ trip that my Nomad has a hole
>in the bottom.  It's not in an area that gets any use at all (near one of
>the pointy ends where I never store anything) so I wonder if something
>chewed through.  Anyway, does anyone have any ideas where I can get a small
>quantity of sylnylon for the repair?  Also, exactly what type of silicon is
>needed to hold a patch in place and where can I get it in small quantities?
>The hardware stores all have large quantities and a many different types of
>silicon, so I'm not sure what I need.
>
>Maybe there's a web site with all this information?  Pointers, anyone?  If
>not, maybe I'll add it to my web site.
>
>Thanks for your help,
>
>Mara
>
>
>_________________________________________________________________
>Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE*
>http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
>
>_______________________________________________
>PCT-L mailing list
>PCT-L@mailman.backcountry.net
>http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l


_________________________________________________________________
The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE*
http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail