Ashton, I purchased and installed the kit on my C27 last year. First, get butyl rubber from an RV supply store for the window/cabin joint. Second, I fitted the vinyl window channel between the glass and frame, reassembled the windows, and then shrank the vinyl with a heat gun at the corners to get a tight seal. After that, disassembled the windows and put life seal in the vinyl u-channel for the glass to vinyl joint and then in the channel on the aluminum frame for the vinyl to aluminum joint. It was a bear to get the windows off the boat as well as back on to the boat and even worse to clean the old sealing compound off the aluminum and glass (a key step for a successful seal). No leaks but I wouldn't want to do the job again. Perhaps you could contact Catalina Direct Tech Support for some more tips.
Mike DeFazio C27 #4880 West River, MD --- On Sun, 6/15/08, ashton bauersfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: ashton bauersfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: catalina27-talk: Window reseal kit from Cat Direct > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, June 15, 2008, 5:54 AM > Hey everybody, > Has anyone purchased the window resealing kit from Catalina > Direct (comes with all parts except glass and frame)? I > bought their kit for aluminum windows for my '76 and > have not had the best of luck. The biggest problem is the > glazing channel that goes around the glass and into the > aluminum frame. It was pretty tough to get the windows out > of the old seal and putting a new one in has been virtually > impossible (and messy with the sealant they have you put in > too). The problem seems to be that when one side of the > glass is in the frame, the other side as it gets pushed on > pulls the rubber so tight that there is an overage where > the 2 frame pieces should meet, leaving a significant space > and the inability to put the joint back on. > Any advice? What am I doing wrong? It came with lonnnng > directions but no specific guidance on where to cut the > rubber, what order to put it back together, etc. so if > anyone has any tricks, that would be great! > Thanks! > Ashton > Great Blue > 2811
