[Rhodes22-list] Leaky Ports - question on sealant's name...

[Fred Kaiser]

Ed, The sealer I intend to use and have used in 
the past is Boat Life's Life Seal  page 324 of 
the 08 West Marine catalog. Not sure if it is 
recommended for use over epoxy but it seems to 
work well as a sealant under normal pressure and 
is highly recommended for uses between fiberglass 
and plastic.  Your's and Rummy's suggestion of 
using a urethane roofing sealant sounds interesting.  Thanks for the tip.

Fred
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD


At 05:07 PM 3/7/2008, you wrote:
>The term Life Seal Sealant was used in the 
>discussion of leaky ports under the subject 
>heading of Tangent Topping Lift Question.  Can I 
>presume that the sealants correct name is Boat 
>Life Sealant? I tried to use that Boat Life in 
>the cockpit drain a couple of years ago. It did 
>not hold up.  At the direction of a professional 
>roofer on this forum I used one part urethane 
>roofing sealant.  It worked as he told me.  I 
>also used it on my project boat rebuild.  The 
>stuff works and comes in many colors.  The brand 
>name Rummy referred me to was HP-1. The problem 
>that the Boat Life seemed to have was adhering 
>to the epoxy repair.  I had used Boat Life for 
>years just as a sealant, but it did not want to 
>stick permanently to the epoxy repair 
>area.  That repair was with the West System 
>products.  Also, the repair was made about this 
>time of year, maybe a few weeks later when it 
>was just warm enough.  I waited until epoxy 
>repair was fully cured. You might be able to do 
>it in one day about June 21st. Ed K Greenville, 
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