Bed-It sounds like great stuff to use but I have a couple of concerns/questions. I'm interested in comments from @Maine Sail as well as unbiased opinions from others
- When fittings are tightened the butyl rubber will squeeze out. Will it reach a point where the butyl rubber cannot compress any further? I would assume so because if you squeeze it all out it would no longer form a seal
- One comment on the site mentioned that the Bed-It never stopped squeezing out. Has anyone experienced this? I've used the automotive grade butyl rubber and its very messy stuff
"One problem I've encountered, however, is that the "squeeze-out" phase never seems to end. I have fittings that I bedded 3 years ago that are still slowly pushing out excess tape. I clean off the excess with a razor, and yet within a few months there's more that's squeezed out.
I'm not hugely concerned about the appearances, but once this stuff comes loose, it tends to spread around the boat. You get a loose bit on a control line, or a deck shoe, and the next thing you know there are little bits here and there..."
I'm not hugely concerned about the appearances, but once this stuff comes loose, it tends to spread around the boat. You get a loose bit on a control line, or a deck shoe, and the next thing you know there are little bits here and there..."