Good information on Marine Sealants...
http://www.boatus.com/boattech/casey/35.htm
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Gene
Dec 8
2005
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Don
Dec 9
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| === Ice is for drinks. What is snow? SWFL: Air temp 76, Pool temp 92, wind light and variable. The snow birds have landed. |
Wayne.B
Dec 9
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| Pool temp 92? More like a hot tub temp. |
Dec 9
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Ahhh. Ice pellets = sleet. I must have deleted the memo! Thanks. |
Harry
Dec 9
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| May you be stuck in south Florida next July and August. I asked my bride last night when the next trip to Florida was...
She's got a trip to south Florida in February, but I don't think I get
to go until March. We'll see. We're not going anyway until after the
holidays, though, as we still have relatives about. |
Harry
Dec 9
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| My recollection is that it takes strong upward convection to form
hail, and that only happens in summer thunderstorms. Apparently as
the moisture droplets are convected upward they pass through zones of
freezing temperatures where they grow in size until they eventually
get heavy enough to fall. |
Wayne.B
Dec 9
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| That's a cool trick! I love stuff like that. |
atl_man2
Dec 9
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| I don't know what Grady used as a sealant (glazing, actually) during
the era of my boat's manufacture, but it was akin to some sort of
gooey, incredibly sticky, asphaltic putty. It was a bitch to remove. As to the Silicone.... I've been told not to do that, but since I
rarely listen to others in such matters, that is what I used to seal
my leaky cuddy window. I was assured that it would begin to leak
within months, if not weeks. It didn't. About three years later, it is
still performing fine and has not yellowed or leaked. Maybe there is a little useful info here:
http://myworkshop.idleplay.net/Boating/The_Boat/Cuddy_Leak/Index.htm |
Gene
Dec 9
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I saw where you sealed up your wife in the cuddy, Gene. You're not going
to get away with that if you publish the photos! We're having what the weather guys call "ice pellets" now, on top of
about 2" of new snow and a bit of rain. Ice pellets apparently are not
the same as hail.
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Harry
Dec 9
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Those damn PC folks. The next thing you know they will be calling Christmas
the 'winter holiday'. ;-) |
Dec 9
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| If you're going to use silicone, GE II is about the best. I would suggest roughing up the surfaces slightly for best adhesion. Clean with el-cheapo rubbing alcohol from the drugstore, have the
surface perfectly clean and dry and don't apply in extreme heat. Also, regular rubbing alcohol is the best for cleanup and putting a
little on your finger is great for tooling it. |
WaIIy
Dec 8
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| Uh, That is good stuff indeed. Ive had some on over 10 years now and it still
looks
as good as the day it was applied. db |
D-unit
Dec 8
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| Good info, Gene. What would you use to reseal a deck hatch on your Grady? I'm getting the
generator pulled and replaced next week. I need to reseal the rear hatch
cover. On a Grady White website, they're saying that the dealers use GE Silicone II
Kitchen & Bath in either white or Almond. Sound right to you? |
NOYB
Dec 8
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| Sounds like a good plan to me, because it's adhesive qualities are
minimal, so you'll seal the hatch cover, as opposed to gluing it. |
atl_man2
Dec 8
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| One idea posted on that website is to place a piece of 125lb mono down
before placing the silicone caulking, paying attention to leave a small
piece of the mono accessible in one of the corners. This way, you can pull
up the mono to slice through the silicone the next time you need to remove
the hatch cover. |
NOYB
Dec 8
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