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Old 10-22-2008, 07:12 PM
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Default Not always the end of the world

In my ignorance I ran a bead of silicone sealant along the edge of the rear window, skin interface, in my RV-6. I did it so water wouldn't leak in there.

I farmed out the painting but the painter did not complain and although paint has come off in some areas in 10 years, that area looks like new.
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Old 10-22-2008, 08:12 PM
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Timely advice - thank you. My wife "borrowed" a couple of my shop rags the other day and helpfully washed them for me when she was done - and she likes to use those dryer sheets with traces of silicone on them.
Over use of those silicone dryer sheets can ruin a dryer also, or worse. They cause the link to build up (makes the link gummy) to dangerous levels and also can cause a fire.
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Old 10-22-2008, 10:17 PM
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Default Evan more hazards from silicone caulking.

Any silicone caulking that claims to be mold and mildew resistant also contains mercury to kill the mold and mildew. Unfortunately the mercury reacts very corrosively with the aluminum and steel on an airplane.

I'm not sure but I think the stuff made for fish tanks is mercury free because they don't want the mercury hurting the fish. But, please check me on that.
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Old 10-23-2008, 08:21 AM
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Default Does this apply to RTV?

Does this also apply to the use of RTV?

I realized yesterday that I had forgotten to put RTV at the trailing edges of the stiffeners in my L/H elevator. My plan was to go home tonight and drill out the last rivet on each bottom stiffener, squirt in some RTV and then put a MK-319-BS rivet back in.

Will this cause paint not to stick around those rivets!!!?
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Old 10-23-2008, 06:35 PM
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do NOT use anywhere near or on or in the airplane, or on anything you may ever want to paint! don't use it!
paint will never stick to any siliconed areas, nor will it stick NEAR same areas! fumes u can't see, float and land on surfaces, paint won't stick.
where did it say in the planes to apply silicone to the stiffners? what model and how old is your manual?
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