[bolger] Re: Gutambu Ply

I boiled a sample of Gutambu and it delaminated quickly.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Robert N. Lundy [mailto:robert@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2000 1:56 PM
To:bolger@egroups.com
Subject: [bolger] Re: Gutambu Ply


This stuff may be the same as the "paraply" or Paraguayan plywood that was
being discussed on the list about a month ago. It also had a "...mambu"
type name of some variety. It was stamped on the ends "interior". I've
soaked a piece of the stuff in my canal for a month (the 3/4" variety) and
it looked fine. Not sure if its the same stuff you're looking at.

Robert & Amy Lundy
St. Petersburg, fla.
robert@...
amy@...


> -----Original Message-----
> From:KF4call@...[mailto:KF4call@...]
> Sent: January 15, 2000 1:51 PM
> To:Bolger@egroups.com
> Subject: [bolger] Gutambu Ply
>
>
> Just came back from the new Lowe's here in South Florida.
> For $7.87 a
> sheet they are selling 6mm (about 1/4 ") Gutambu plywood. It is 5 approx
> equal plies and both of the surfaces are excellent, although it
> is rated as
> "shop grade". Here is the kicker...it is not rated as to the glue
> specification. So I don't know if it is exterior or interior.
> Does anyone have any experience with "Gutambu" in general
> for small boat
> construction and with the Lowe's permutation specifically?
> Regards, Warren
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A reply to myself:
Although it is called gutambu at Lowe's, the actual name for the wood is
guatambu...but I still can't find much about the plywood product online.
This stuff may be the same as the "paraply" or Paraguayan plywood that was
being discussed on the list about a month ago. It also had a "...mambu"
type name of some variety. It was stamped on the ends "interior". I've
soaked a piece of the stuff in my canal for a month (the 3/4" variety) and
it looked fine. Not sure if its the same stuff you're looking at.

Robert & Amy Lundy
St. Petersburg, fla.
robert@...
amy@...


> -----Original Message-----
> From:KF4call@...[mailto:KF4call@...]
> Sent: January 15, 2000 1:51 PM
> To:Bolger@egroups.com
> Subject: [bolger] Gutambu Ply
>
>
> Just came back from the new Lowe's here in South Florida.
> For $7.87 a
> sheet they are selling 6mm (about 1/4 ") Gutambu plywood. It is 5 approx
> equal plies and both of the surfaces are excellent, although it
> is rated as
> "shop grade". Here is the kicker...it is not rated as to the glue
> specification. So I don't know if it is exterior or interior.
> Does anyone have any experience with "Gutambu" in general
> for small boat
> construction and with the Lowe's permutation specifically?
> Regards, Warren
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Just came back from the new Lowe's here in South Florida. For $7.87 a
sheet they are selling 6mm (about 1/4 ") Gutambu plywood. It is 5 approx
equal plies and both of the surfaces are excellent, although it is rated as
"shop grade". Here is the kicker...it is not rated as to the glue
specification. So I don't know if it is exterior or interior.
Does anyone have any experience with "Gutambu" in general for small boat
construction and with the Lowe's permutation specifically? Regards, Warren