BuTel software home page ARC XT for Uniden software info 'setting THE new standard in multi scanner software : ARC-XT!'. This video was made for. Butyl Tape, what Sticks and what Quits. We are having an early Christmas here with parts and supplies arriving often with many more to come. One of our recent additions is two 5. What is butyl tape you ask? Secondly, I've had to face this once on a fresh install, and only reason i could find was some windows update conflicting. Only fix that worked for me is a reinstall.One of our recent additions was two 50 foot rolls of butyl tape, specially ordered off of the internet. What is buytl tape you ask? 5 FOR 1 SPECIAL FOR XT Uniden Scanners. Quickly and Easily Program these Four scanners: Uniden BCD396XT, BC346XT, BCD996XT and BCT15X** Plus get the RTS Software as. If you’ve been following this blog a while I’m sure you already know as we used it plenty to re- bed deck hardware and stop leaks. But for those who haven’t and for the Chemist inside us all (especially you Dad) butyl tape is made from butyl rubber which from Wikipedia: Butyl rubber is a synthetic rubber, a copolymer of isobutylene with isoprene. The abbreviation IIR stands for Isobutylene Isoprene Rubber. Polyisobutylene, also known as “PIB” or polyisobutene, (C4. Serial keys for software programs, more accurately called product keys or installation keys, are needed before you can install almost any popular software program. H8)n, is the homopolymer of isobutylene, or 2- methyl- 1- propene, on which butyl rubber is based. Butyl rubber is produced by polymerization of about 9. Structurally, polyisobutylene resembles polypropylene, having two methyl groups substituted on every other carbon atom. Polyisobutylene is a colorless to light yellow viscoelastic material. It is generally odorless and tasteless, though it may exhibit a slight characteristic odor. Butyl rubber has excellent impermeability, and the long polyisobutylene segments of its polymer chains give it good flex properties. Basically we use butyl tape mostly in place of caulk like 4. VERY long lasting (3. Tate thinks I have a love for butyl tape and am passionate about capturing it in action shots. While somewhat melodramatic he may be right. He is my walking encyclopedia. A really good thing to have onboard. Believe it or not, all butyl tape is not created equal. There are different shades of white, grey and black. I’ve always read that on a boat grey butyl is the way to go. The black tape stains gel coat and topside paint while the white isn’t as flexible or sticky. Alright, grey it is. I bought our very first roll of grey butyl from a local RV store. Notice this is not a Marine store so the cost was minimal at $1. We’re talking over 1. All SUMMER! Unfortunately I finally ran out of the RV store butyl while rebedding the genoa tracks so took to Amazon to order some more and found this stuff for only $5 a roll. WOW, what a great deal I thought and hearted the internet so much more that day. With high hopes I finished rebedding the genoa tracks and temporarily sealed cracks in the caprail joints which took about 1. The outcome wasn’t good. Thanks goodness I’ve had the opportunity to see how different types of butyl tape hold up to the elements. In direct Louisiana sun I give you the 2 different butyl tape formulations after at least 6 months : with RV store butyl tape on similar crackwith cheap Amazon butyl. The cheap Amazon Butyl shrank and separated along the joint in about 6 months, defeating the entire purpose. I suspect the direct sun caused the butyl to heat and shrink. He suggested we trash the remainder and instead order some high quality grey butyl tape from Compass Marine Services. The price is about $1. We received our 2 rolls the other day and I have to say this stuff is the real deal. It is FAR more stickier than either of the previous two butyl tape varieties and I am impressed. I had trouble today removing the new butyl from a ziplock bag because the end of the tape was STUCK on the plastic. Seriously I couldn’t get it off. I pulled slowly to see how far it would strecth and well. The cheap stuff from Amazon peeled right off not stretching a bit. Here they are side by side. They are both grey, but the new stuff is obviously a darker grey. To review, this is cheap amazon butyl over a caprail crackand this is the same crack sealed with the new stuff using about half the quantity of the cheap. I feel REALLY good about this stuff!! Tell me again why science isn’t taught aboard boats?
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