Podmods, Maintenance, Tips and Tricks: silicone

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Topic: silicone

Posted By: marwayne
Subject: silicone
Date Posted: 29 Aug 2022 at 1:03pm

A while back someone wrote in about a new silicone that will stick to silicone. Can anyone help me out, thank you.

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2011 RP172, 2016 Tundra 5.7 Litre, Ltd.

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Posted By: offgrid
Date Posted: 29 Aug 2022 at 4:51pm

I think I saw a post at some point stating that Lexel will bond to silicone. But the manufacturer says no. The problem is that silicone's surface energy is very low, I the same range as Teflon. Nothing Dheres well to it.

There is a product called Sil-poxy which is meant to bond tin or platinum cured mold making silicones. But your typical big box silicone is acetic acid so I doubt it would work.

I'd stick to just removing the old silicone, it's not worth the aggravation if/when your new sealant just peals right off.

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1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft
2015 Rpod 179 - sold