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Old 27-06-2015, 12:00 AM
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Well one small challenge I have to address; the silicon sealant sticks to the rubber skirt of the dome slightly when its sits for a couple of hours. When I initially did the sealing I used plastic clothes pegs to lift the rubber skirt off the silicon and let it set for several hours. I guess the silicon hasn't 100% dried any or some got stuck to the rubber waterproofing skirt at the base of the dome.

I peeled of any excess silicon with a knife, then rubbed all around the skirt with Mineral Turps to remove any residual problem - but the slight stick is still there.

So what do folk recommend, do I:

  1. Wait some more for the Silicon to cure further?
  2. Clean the skirt again?
  3. Shave more silicon from the join?
  4. Coat the silicon on the join with Lithium grease so the rubber skirt isn't actually ever touching the silicon?

Many thanks for your ideas folks!
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