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To: taxcontrol

ferro-cement wasn’t expected to last long..................


7 posted on 06/06/2019 12:37:30 PM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger
ferro-cement wasn’t expected to last long..................

Maybe that's why my folks tried to get me to wear a ferrocement life jacket. "It floats", they said. "Rock solid".

10 posted on 06/06/2019 12:42:38 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: Red Badger

True, but the technique could (and still is) used today. Substitute the re-bar and add the supplements and you have a longer lasting concrete ship. Perhaps long enough to make it viable for a commercial vessel or a home hobbyist???

Maybe for my 49’ dream boat )(https://www.boatdesigns.com/49-Klondike-cruising-trawler-yacht/products/400/

or

https://hartley-boats.com/product/tahitian-fisherman-45-50/


13 posted on 06/06/2019 12:44:47 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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