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Good luck Vance. The quick and dirty seems right for my small
viewports. Don't foresee
any removal in the near future. Besides I have always enjoyed
destruction ehheheh
Dean
In a message dated 7/16/2009 9:17:29 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
vbra676539@aol.com writes:
Yeah,
understood. The point to RTV for George was that it serves both as gasket and
sealant, ie., quick and dirty, and it works. Not fun later, as I said, but
it's great stuff. I was thinking of cutting thin red rubber gaskets (1/8"
thickness) then using a thin coating of RTV on both sides. That would give me
the soft barrier and less vulcanized goo down the road. Wish me
luck
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From:
Recon1st@aol.com
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Sent: Wed, Jul 15,
2009 9:05 pm
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] sikaflex suggestion
That is what I have heard about RTV. So I am assuming then you
would use
Sikaflex. It sounds right but there about 400 different versions.
Hard on a poor old
boy like me.
Dean
In a message dated 7/15/2009 7:39:06 P.M. Central Daylight Time, vbra676539@aol.com writes: I
haven't looked into it. Mine were bedded in RTV, which
sealed effectively, but were not what I'd call great fun to get out
again for paint, etc. Sikaflex doesn't cure the same way, and never takes a
set. RTV is, of course, the acronym for room temperature vulcanizing, and
they ain't kidding. It bonds and sets up something fierce. The other problem
with it is that RTV can't be repaired. It won't bond chemically to itself
once the original application kicks. Meaning that if you have a leaker, you
get to try out the car jack again to break the port loose (and hope that the
RTV is the ONLY thing that breaks). In either case, you have to start
scraping and go back to square one. What a pain. Trust me, there will
never be another submarine in my garage with goop sealed ports.
Never.
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: Recon1st@aol.com
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Sent:
Wed, Jul 15, 2009 8:20 pm
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] sikaflex
suggestion
I have been looking at sikaflex for my viewports and did not
realize the number
of types.
Any suggestions on which one to use?
Dean
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