I’m always learning something new from Captain Richard Rodriguez of the BitterEnd blog.
For instance, did you know that “DC” stands for “damage control”? Oh, you did? Well, I didn’t!
In any case, I’m intrigued by a product he mentioned today, the TruPlug. Let’s see what the TruPlug folks say about it:
TruPlug is a tapered circular cone shaped plug made of foam that is a solid, spongy cellular material which is coated with a flexible sealer adding strength and color.
TruPlug is used as a temporary or emergency plug in boating applications where water would enter a circular, oval, or irregular hole caused by emergency maintenance or hull breach due to impact. TruPlug is compressed by hand and inserted into the hole stopping or reducing the inward flow of water as the foam returns to its original shape.
TruPlug can also be cut with a razor knife and forced into elongated openings using a putty knife or
similar tool.TruPlug can be inserted into the ends of broken pipes by twist compressing before inserting and will need to be held in place.
Sounds pretty useful! They’ve even got a video showing how it’s supposed to work.
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Nerf football – less than $5, same exact foam and skin, get a couple different sizes.
I don’t know John, that looks pretty impressive to me and I’d be even more impressed if a nerf ball can work like that. It plugged that up instantly! But, for $5 I’ll take the Pepsi challenge and see if a nerf football is as effective. I’ll let you know how it turns out.
Waiting with bated breath and thinking I’ll ask our crew to bring one of these down in a couple of weeks. Please post test results!