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Silicone hatch seals vs. gasketing?
By:Dean Trexel
Date: 11/17/1999, 5:23 pm
In Response To: Silicone hatch seals (Kent LeBoutillier)

Which is the preferred method: silicone or the foam/neoprene gasketing material? I am planning on flush hatches with neoprene on my Outer Island, as per Jay's instructions, but had forgotten about silicone until this post.

Thoughts? Does anyone have direct experience with both?

Dean

Messages In This Thread

Silicone hatch seals
Kent LeBoutillier -- 11/17/1999, 6:16 am
Re: Silicone hatch seals
Don Beale -- 11/17/1999, 6:01 pm
Re: Silicone hatch seals
lee -- 11/18/1999, 8:23 am
Re: Silicone hatch seals
Kent LeBoutillier -- 11/18/1999, 6:47 am
An idea for silicone hatch seals
Dean Trexel -- 11/17/1999, 5:34 pm
Lipped Silicone Seal
mike allen -- 11/17/1999, 6:14 pm
A Snap Tight Lipped Silicone Seal
mike allen -- 11/17/1999, 8:31 pm
Re: A Snap Tight Lipped Silicone Seal
Robert Woodard -- 11/18/1999, 5:41 pm
A venting question!
mike allen -- 11/18/1999, 6:55 pm
Um, Actually, No
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/18/1999, 8:16 pm
and especially
mike allen -- 11/18/1999, 7:19 pm
Silicone hatch seals vs. gasketing?
Dean Trexel -- 11/17/1999, 5:23 pm
Re: Silicone hatch seals vs. gasketing?
Kent LeBoutillier -- 11/18/1999, 7:01 am
Re: Silicone hatch seals vs. gasketing?
mike allen -- 11/17/1999, 5:32 pm
Re: Silicone hatch seals vs. gasketing?
Dean Trexel -- 11/17/1999, 8:35 pm
Query - Is there Soft Silicone?
mike allen -- 11/18/1999, 12:49 pm
You just had to ask!
Shawn Baker -- 11/18/1999, 4:02 pm
Great!
mike allen -- 11/17/1999, 12:14 pm
Re: Great!
Kent LeBoutillier -- 11/19/1999, 6:31 am