I hate it when I open a new tube of silastic sikaflex etc. etc. to use only a small amount and find a week later the whole bloody lot has gone off . Has anyone got a solution for sealing the tube . Thanks .
Sikaflex can be stored in a freezer. Silastic tubes with the screw lids keep well if you make sure the thread is kept clean each time you use it.
Select to expand quoteRamona said..
Sikaflex can be stored in a freezer. Silastic tubes with the screw lids keep well if you make sure the thread is kept clean each time you use it.Select to expand quoteBruski068 said..
I usually seal the opening with a screw of the appropriate size.
Most general purpose sealants are RTV (room temperature vulcanization) I always keep them cold and sealed like the guys have mentioned above. Even Fixtech 15 keeps real well like this.
Select to expand quoteJolene said..Ramona said..
Sikaflex can be stored in a freezer. Silastic tubes with the screw lids keep well if you make sure the thread is kept clean each time you use it.Bruski068 said..
I usually seal the opening with a screw of the appropriate size.
Most general purpose sealants are RTV (room temperature vulcanization) I always keep them cold and sealed like the guys have mentioned above. Even Fixtech 15 keeps real well like this.
Don't think the missus would appreciate that too much.
+ 1 on the screw in the top and store in the workshop cupboard.
I use Fixtech and wrap it in gladwrap like the hardware shop man said. But it only works to a point
with the tip of the nozzle going hard, the stuff in the tube stays OK. So I've taken to putting on a fresh
nozzle when the time comes to use it and digging out the soft stuff in the used nozzle and pushing
the hardened stuff out with the shank of a drill. I can now use the nozzle again.
I have tried most of the suggestions with almost no succes with marine Sikaflex.
I can almost believe the freezer would work except concerned it may be served baked for dinner one night.
Will give it ago as about to open a new tube for a small job
In the good old days at the boat yard we only got sikaflex and could thread a bolt or screw in the nossal and would be good to go right through the tube.
Over the years I have noticed they changed the brew and now it seems it goes off in the tube!
hence I got onto fixtec up in Qld for my leaking "Chainplates" (common problem on Duncs) and found it would last me a few months before going hard in the tube. Haven't looked back at sikaflex since I made the change. As long as its polyurethane sealant.
Sikaflex is cheaper but for small jobs I use marine goop. It's in a tube and a bit expenside at about 20 a tube. It's a must have on e boat. I've even repaired a wine glass with it. Stuffs amazing.
Same annoyance for super glue but I was at Bunnings the other day and some clever person somewhere has invented half size super glue tubes and you get 5 in a packet. SO when the first half size one goes off you dont loose so much and youve got 4 more.
