SXR tubbie sponson sealant!

I cant find 3m 5200 anywhere around me and ive given up hope. I tried HD, lowes, sears, walmart, and bass pro only has the little tubes but theyre $20! Since my brother is going to do footholds soon i was thinking about buying some resin and cabosil but id have to repaint the bottom of my hull!! What else can you use to install them?
 

Cannibal

Tasty Human
Location
Summit Lake, WA
My Home Depot has both small tubes and calk tubes of slow and fast.

Also, my Ace Hardware has calk tubes of slow, and small tubes of fast.

I've been told by a boat builder that the fast stuff is not nearly as strong. If you have the time, you might consider the slow stuff.


*EDIT* Oh, and where are you using the sealant? Are you talking destroyers just to seal the holes? Or you talking the foam backed ones like Macc's older tubbies, Tom21's? If you are talking gluing those type on, epoxy and thickener ONLY. You could not pay me to use 5200 to glue tubbies on...maybe on a ski I didn't care about and I want to remove them eventually. I've not seen it turn out to my liking.

If foam backed ones, you can get away with adding some pigment to your resin if you need it to match a black bottom. Cabosil will make your epoxy white for a white bottom ski, and if you run your finger around the squish out, you will end up with an almost invisible line.
 
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i called home depot already the guy said they dont have it, but ill try ace hardware tomorrow. I have the foam backed tubbies. if not ill try home depot but thats like a 30 minute drive.
 
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