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dan.beadle(at)inclinesoft
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Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 1:17 pm Post subject: Sealing tank inspection covers

Did you use light or medium weight Titeseal?



Are there other areas that make sense to use this product?



Thanks

Dan



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Rick Galati

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 91
Location: Lake St. Louis MO.

Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 3:26 pm Post subject: Re: Sealing tank inspection covers

 	  dan.beadle(at)inclinesoft wrote: 	
		  Did you use light or medium weight Titeseal? Are there other areas that make sense to use this product?

Thanks Dan-- 	
 



I too can echo Richard Dudley's experience and leak free success using Titeseal.  In my case, I used MEDIUM WEIGHT Titeseal with the cork gaskets.  At the time, I merely followed a suggestion offered in an Orndorff construction video.  In the video, George cautioned about the potential consequences of using proseal on those fuel tank access covers.  I was much inclined to agree since I worked with proseal daily for too many years and know well...even intimately...how tenacious its properties can be.  Even in a highly skilled production environment there sometimes arises a need to rework an assembly after the proseal has set up and it is never fun to separate the parts, clean and prepare anew.



I have not used Titeseal in any other application.  A pity they don't sell the stuff in a much smaller container appropriately sized for the RV builder.  



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rhdudley1(at)bellsouth.ne
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Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 5:11 pm Post subject: Sealing tank inspection covers

Dan,



To be sure of the answer to your question,  I'll have to check my Tite 

Seal can at my hangar. I don't remember which I used. I plan to go to 

the hangar tomorrow and I'll check and let you know.

I haven't used the Tite Seal anywhere else on the plane. For pipe 

threads I have used Seal Lube, another material that is immune to fuel 

and oil.



Regards,



Richard Dudley



Dan Beadle wrote:



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Did you use light or medium weight Titeseal?



Are there other areas that make sense to use this product?



Thanks

Dan



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Ron Schreck

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 94
Location: Gold Hill, NC

Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 4:36 am Post subject: Sealing tank inspection covers

Dan,

 

I used the medium Teteseal to do my inspection covers originally and

used it again to do the SB.  It is easy to use, and easy to remove when

access is required and no leaks.  I have done the SB on covers which

were installed with Proseal and cannot recommend that route.  What a

pain! 

 

 

Ron Schreck

RV-8 "Miss Izzy"

Gold Hill Airpark, NC

 

 

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     > Did you use light or medium weight Titeseal?

      

    >  Are there other areas that make sense to use this product?

      

      >Thanks

      >Dan

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Bob Collins

Joined: 11 Mar 2006
Posts: 470
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota

Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 8:34 am Post subject: Sealing tank inspection covers

Since my tanks won't be filled for a couple of years (at least, at this

rate), is there any problem with using Titeseal now. Is there any

problem,for example, with cork drying out and affcting it, etc. etc.?



Oh by the way,unrelated items, Darwin Barrie has a great article on aircraft

painting which I stuck in this

Week's RV Builder's Hotline.



http://home.comcast.net/~rvnewsletter/index.htm



Do not archive



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Rick Galati

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Location: Lake St. Louis MO.

Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 9:34 am Post subject: Re: Sealing tank inspection covers

 	  Bob Collins wrote: 	
		  Since my tanks won't be filled for a couple of years (at least, at thisrate), is there any problem with using Titeseal now. Is there anyproblem,for example, with cork drying out and affcting it, etc. etc.?- 	




The Titeseal is not likely to dry out.  My tanks went empty for well over 2-1/2 years before the introduction of fuel. I found that over time, excess Titeseal would slowly run down the tank sides.  I simply wiped the excess ooze away. The Titeseal that remains and oozes from the perimeter of the cork gaskets continues to be "gooey" to the touch and will probably remain so.  My guess...and this is only a guess.....Titeseal applied to the cork gaskets now will keep them soft and flexible indefinitely and there exists much less chance of the cork drying out over time as opposed to shelving them exposed to the open air for several years.  Of course, stowing the cork gaskets in an airtight ziplock bag over the long term would probably accomplish the same thing.



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rhdudley1(at)bellsouth.ne
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Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 12:54 pm Post subject: Sealing tank inspection covers

Hi Dan,

I used the light version of Titeseal. However, if I were to do it again, 

I would use the Medium. The light is low enough viscosity that any 

excess  creeps down the root rib and across the bottom surface of the 

tank. I found the material had run into the sump valve.  So, for several 

weeks, I had to remove the valve and clean a small amount Tite Seal 

material from it. I would expect that the viscoity of the medium would 

reduce that tendency.  At this time, I am finding no sign of the 

material on the sump valves.



Regards,



Richard Dudley

Dan Beadle wrote:



[quote]



Did you use light or medium weight Titeseal?



Are there other areas that make sense to use this product?



Thanks

Dan



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Ron Schreck

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 94
Location: Gold Hill, NC

Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 2:24 am Post subject: Sealing tank inspection covers

I originally sealed my tanks almost three years before first flight.

When I took the covers off to do the SB the Titeseal was just as pliable

as the day I applied it.  I could have used the gaskets again but opted

for new gaskets as cheap insurance.

 

Ron Schreck

RV-8 "Miss Izzy"

Gold Hill Airpark, NC

 


      

      Since my tanks won't be filled for a couple of years (at least, at

this

      rate), is there any problem with using Titeseal now. Is there any

      problem,for example, with cork drying out and affcting it, etc.

etc.?

      

      Oh by the way,unrelated items, Darwin Barrie has a great article

on aircraft

      painting which I stuck in this

      Week's RV Builder's Hotline.

      

      http://home.comcast.net/~rvnewsletter/index.htm

      

      Do not archive

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