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Re: [VAL] Eyebrow sealing



Rob,

Thanks, I was thinking about Vulkem, just for the reason you state.  I 
have to pound each one flat where it buckled around the tape.  If I 
circle the Vulkem around the line of rivets and then seal the top, I 
should be leak free (ha, ha) and good to go.

Bill

> Bill,
>
> I'll be doing that on our '56 shortly. I prefer Vulkem, for one thing 
> it isn't as thick as the putty tape so you won't get the pronounced 
> pillowing effect at each rivet.
>
> Now, if I only had a floor....
>
> Rob Davis