| Forum: Boating  07-02-2010, 04:01 PM | 
	
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				 Although mine was the shabbiest Coronado in the... 
 Although mine was the shabbiest Coronado in the Parade last year, I'm planning on coming on down again.  It was a load of fun, and this year I'm dragging my brother and his '83 hard top along with my...
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	| Forum: Boating  08-25-2009, 04:21 PM | 
	
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				 Ethanol, etc. 
 You mentioned that you had used ethylene propylene for sealing in the nuclear industry.  I can go along with that because typically you would be sealing water or some other polar fluid.  EPR/EPDM...
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	| Forum: Boating  08-20-2009, 04:50 PM | 
	
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				 Ethanol 
 I am a chem major (33 years in industrial chemistry) and must confess I have never encountered a non-aqueous enzyme.  At first read, I thought that you can accomplish the same thing with acetone...
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	| Forum: Boating  08-18-2009, 04:27 PM | 
	
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				 Gasohol 
 The presence of ethanol in gas has caused some interesting problems, especially for older carburetors.  Because ethanol is a polar molecule, it reacts with the rubber components (usually Nitrile...
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