To make sure I give the correct information, I presume you have an older C&C with Atkins and Hoyle hatches, and will need ½ diameter seal material, and that you need to replace the seal between the hatch and the frame.
As someone else already pointed out, neoprene O-ring material will not compress to form a good seal even if you could find sufficient length of ½ diameter material. For future reference by the list, what you want is called backer bead or glazing bead and among other things it is used to fill the void between metal door frames and large window frames and the openings into which they are mounted. Pretty commonly it is used for the display windows youd find in a storefront. It is a dense black neoprene foam, and I think it is available in different diameters. You can find it at most any glass shop that does commercial windows. I bought the stuff I used to rebuild my hatches at the local Lowes store. I think a 50 ft roll was about $8, but it has been a couple of years since I bought it, and I am getting older, so I may be wrong about the price. You use 3M Weatherstrip Adhesive part number 08011 to attach the bead to the window. Make sure that you use a razor blade to cut the ends of the bead square so the ends seal properly. Also cut the length of bead an onch or two longer than the exact length you need for going around the hatch. When you install the bead make sure you do not stretch it as you put it into the groove in the heatch because that could cause the joint to open up better to cut the length a bit long and compress the foam along its length as you install it. That will help ensure a good seal. All that said, I think I have about 25 or 30 feet of the stuff left over from rebidding my A&H hatches. Another Item for which I have a lifetime supply. Contact me off list and let me know your address and what size hatch(s) you need seal material for, and I will send you a length of the material. And if anyone needs rubber for a mast boot or glazing spline and seal material for the aluminum framed windows, contact me as well. Rick Brass Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joel Aronson Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 2:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Stus-List Hatch gasket Sandy confirmed that I need to replace the gasket on my forward hatch. Does this do the trick: http://www.mcmaster.com/#neoprene-o-rings/=jz6gtj Thanks! Joel 301 541 8551
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