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Old 10-20-2012, 07:33 PM   #4
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Default Re: Shellac on Cork Float

The standard gas gage on my old Piper J-3 (aircraft) was a cork on a rod thru the gas cap. It was never coated with anything and never sank.
I currently have the same type cork gage on a kerosene drum. It is not coated and has not sunk in over 20 years.
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