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Is there anyway to make my visco fuse completely waterproof its commercial visco thats fairly water resistant but I want it waterproof

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I have never never had good commercial visco (full size, not that little stuff) fail when lit and tossed into the water. What do you mean..leaving it out in a rainstorm before lighting it? Water will wick in. I suppose you could treat the ends with NC. That would help. But wet stuff don’t burn well.

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Visco is waterproofed using a coating of NC lacquer, so adding a heavier coat might help. You could also try coating in something like PVC cement.

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My experience is that visco will eventually crack, especially when it's long enough to dangle during handling/transport.

That's where most water enters and stops it.

 

Any visco I've had over the years had this problem.

 

 

My solution for wet jobs was heat-shrink tube. The stuff with internal glue might work even better.

This funktioned up to several meters dept.

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Try Vaseline, rubbing candle wax on the fuse or a coat of clear nail polish works too.
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I'd be worried about the vaseline more than likely leaching in and ruining the fuel grain.

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I would try what BetICouldMake1 suggested. Nc coat or pvc coat. If the fuse isn't going to be bent or ruff handled like mabusse00 said, cracks shouldn't be a issue. I like the idea of Nc coating the end of the fuse if it is to be stored in a moisture environment.
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