The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #74135   Message #1452244
Posted By: Naemanson
04-Apr-05 - 10:21 PM
Thread Name: Springtime In Guam
Subject: RE: Springtime In Guam
Hah! The water down near Agat has been so peaceful lately. There is NO surf on the reef so you cannot tell the lagoon from the open ocean. Wakana and I went down to the local park to watch the sun set and the water was like glass. It could have been a lake instead of the Philipine Sea.

Yesterday was NOT a good day. I have been out of touch with time. I dutifully went off to my appointment with the knee doctor and found I was a day too early. That appointment is today! Wakana and I were grumpy with each other and there were plenty of other like irritations. But we went down to Gordon's house to pay the rent and saw the sun setting from the top of the hill. It was half a golden ball on the horizon and sank out of sight in a golden halo of clouds as we watched.

My pickup has a hard insulated tonneau cover on the box. There is a black coarse material glued to the metal of the cover. The sun has not been kind to that black material. It is coming up in a few spots, most notably the rear corners. As part of my campaign to sell the truck I decided to glue the corners back down. I bought some Ace Probond Glue. It claims to be the ultimate glue. I always thought the ultimate glue would be stuck in it's container but this cames out like water.

I spread it around and clamped the piece down using a ceramic tiel to spread the pressure. I had notice on the bottle that the glue expands but I wasn't ready for what I saw next morning. All around the tile was a line of hard beige foam. But the tile came off OK and so did the foam. The fabric seems to be well bonded to the metal so I guess it worked. It must be time for the detailer.