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Sailrite suggests this product for removing adhesive from sails when changing/replacing sail numbers or insignia. 3m Adhesive Remover...
Mar 25, 2024
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The sticky tape you’re trying to remove is call “basting tape” and it’s designed to get into fabric to hold together material before...
Mar 25, 2024
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My first attempt using Goo Gone showed little results in removing the tape/adhesive. So I will need to move on to something that packs a...
Mar 24, 2024
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The adventure begins. I officially took ownership of the E32-3 yesterday. Well, sort of. USCG Certificate of Documentation won't...
Mar 22, 2024
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no, only on fiberglass. Your point is well taken, as always in such a situation, I would try goo gone on a small area of the sail in a...
Mar 22, 2024
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I asked our sailmaker what to use to remove the adhesive after I took the old numbers off our hand-me-down spinnaker. He said lacquer...
Mar 22, 2024
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Maybe ask the folks at Sailrite? I have found them to be very helpful, and they've probably encountered something like this.
Mar 22, 2024
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Have you used it on your sails ?
Mar 22, 2024
Dave G.
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I contacted 2 including the loft that made this sail. One pretty much said "good luck & be careful"... the other told me to bring it in...
Mar 21, 2024
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I have tried alcohol and it didn't do a thing. Problem with scraping is there are still some remnants of the stitching imbedded in the...
Mar 21, 2024
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I have a Doyle StackPack mainsail that the pack was sewn to the sail. The pack was falling apart from UV damage so I removed it from the...
Mar 21, 2024
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Is it original configuration? If so I would expect the latter as I have not seen a direct drive sailboat with a splined shaft.
Mar 21, 2024
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Yes, initial cost and maintenance is why I stopped considering replacing my fixed prop and I haul her out every yar. If I were to spend...
Mar 21, 2024
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Foam luff, yes. Really works for me. A jib and an asymm make sense, but it would be too much work for me on my boat. An all-purpose...
Mar 19, 2024
Dave G.
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Here is a test that shows a somewhat scientific comparison...
Mar 12, 2024
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