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Please try to get your facts straight... it was propwash not relative
bearing grease.
--- In , "Bryan Genez" <svcapella at dot dot dot >
wrote:
>
> On 5/29/07, Larry McNeil <lrmcneil at dot dot dot > wrote:
> >
> > Folks - I have run across someone who mentioned the existance of a
> > fireglass mite - similar to a termite - that threatens fibreglass
> > hulls. I have not heard of such a problem - I have heard of and
> > understand blistering and what to do about it and to prevent it,
but do
> > not know of a mite that eats fibreglasss or any of the resins in
marine
> > use. Anyone help me out? My thoughts are to simply dismiss the
issue,
> > but you never know.....what you don't know!
>
>
> Yes. Sadly, the polyestermite was discovered some years ago. It's
believed
> to have been introduced in cans of improperly prepared relative
bearing
> grease.
>
> --
> Best,
> Bryan Genez
> "Capella" V40-158
> New Bern, NC
>
>
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