LifeSeal is my go to sealant for most things these days. However, when I re-bedded that forward hatch coaming and the wooden midships hatch coaming many years ago, I used one of the polyurethane sealants.
Dennis C. On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 12:46 AM, TL ROSS via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for your responses! > > Dennis - yes it’s the coaming I’m talking about - didn’t have the right > words - ok I will look into using captain tolleys. I’m going to be using > that anyway to seal up some leaks around the tie rail. My dad suggested > Life Sealant. > > Bruce - re the butyl, it was squeezed out between the cast aluminum and > the wood coaming, and when it is hot it would just ooze and stick to > people, clothes, sails, etc. And then there was the leaky corners. Both may > have been a problem of improper installation by me the decade ago when I > first did it or using a tape that was too wide to start with. I’ve now been > recommended Life Sealant for this purpose too which sounds like a good bet > if I can get it all cleaned up and off first. Thanks for the tip on the > other stuff too! > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS> > > > On Friday, April 20, 2018, 12:23 AM, TL ROSS <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi! > > What sealant would you choose for these two jobs ? > > 1 shoring up the seal between the wood frame and the deck on us front > hatch ? I can’t get the wood frame off so I’m just going to have to take > off the extra old sealant stuff off that I can and try to make a good new > seal around the outside. > > 2. Sealing the cast aluminum hatch to the wood frame - butyl is no good! > > C&C35 Mk 1. > > Thanks! > > -- > Tracy Ross > [email protected] > M: 416-770-8571 (TLR1) > -- > Tracy Ross > [email protected] > M: 416-770-8571 (TLR1) > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > >
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