E-25 Port Leaking.
- Thread starter Lakenormanbill
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Yes, from Maine Sail's compass Marine. I'm a big fan of his butyl, I just think there are many products and they all have specialized uses.
I bedded the new lenses of my big hatches with butyl, and it wasn't a great idea--every time you dog the hatch down, it compresses the lid and starts the butyl flowing again. I did three small opening Lewmar rebeds using butyl, and it was fine, aside from having to continue chasing excess. For the fixed lights in the cabin house, I switched to Life-Calk and just liked it better. As many have noticed, the holes Ericson cut for the ports are often not very neat, and sometime the bearing surfaces are minimal. Life-Calk fills the gaps like caulking, which butyl doesn't. (As a "backup" waterproofing factor I doubt this gap-filling has any substantive role at all, but it is the way the factory choose to do it.)
Butyl never seems to harden or dry out and is easy to keep on hand, unlike tubes of goo which can't be saved once opened. Makes it grand for things like cleats or anything pierced by bolts or screws, or anything that you might have to take apart. When my pedestal base broke in a remote location, and I was able to pry it off, repair it, and then rebed it using the same butyl.
I bedded the new lenses of my big hatches with butyl, and it wasn't a great idea--every time you dog the hatch down, it compresses the lid and starts the butyl flowing again. I did three small opening Lewmar rebeds using butyl, and it was fine, aside from having to continue chasing excess. For the fixed lights in the cabin house, I switched to Life-Calk and just liked it better. As many have noticed, the holes Ericson cut for the ports are often not very neat, and sometime the bearing surfaces are minimal. Life-Calk fills the gaps like caulking, which butyl doesn't. (As a "backup" waterproofing factor I doubt this gap-filling has any substantive role at all, but it is the way the factory choose to do it.)
Butyl never seems to harden or dry out and is easy to keep on hand, unlike tubes of goo which can't be saved once opened. Makes it grand for things like cleats or anything pierced by bolts or screws, or anything that you might have to take apart. When my pedestal base broke in a remote location, and I was able to pry it off, repair it, and then rebed it using the same butyl.