What is this stuff: Stay Afloat Emergency Form-A-Plug Leak Sealant

[hpeer]

Budget advisory,

Beck of a good first post. Welcome aboard.

I don’t know surf wax but I have used toilet bowl wax.

[Budgetadvisory]

Originally Posted by GordMay

Greetings and welcome aboard the CF, Budgetadvisory.

Gee, thanks.

In reply to the question in your signature, I don’t need to do any proper repairs as long as I’ve got a chunk of wax handy.

[Budgetadvisory]

Originally Posted by hpeer

I don’t know surf wax...

Ask at a surfboard shop. It usually comes in various grades of hardness for different water temperatures - tropical, warm, cold. Surfers cake their boards with it to enhance grip (imagine trying to stand in the deck of a planing boat with no toe or hand rails, or safety lines, in breaking waves...). There are literally countless uses for it on a sail boat, from lubrication of hinges and tracks, to making your hands tacky when climbing the rig, etc.

The best part is that its marketed to surfers who rarely have the kind of money to buy the version with a boat on the label. Five bucks buys 1/4 lb of some pretty fancy surf wax. Unlike most boat products, it’s non toxic and smells lovely too.

[doog]

Can't see the date here but yeah just beeswax or petroleum wax something similar to Bag Balm or toilet ring. I would prefer hydraulic cement myself which I've used to fix leaking tanks and correct little leaks while still wet. The magic of Portland cement exposed to water.

[Baby tug]

I didn’t read this whole post so maybe you already have your answer , but I tried this stuff when I had a leaking cutlass bearing housing bolts , for whatever reason the bolts that hold The cutlass bearing housing came loose and started leaking nothing worked including this stuff ,For me it was useless