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Does anyone know a non-internet sourse of neutral cure silicone
sealant? In/near Glasgow? I asked in Thomas Graham and the man had
clearly never heard of such a thing.

The shower trap I am fitting says to put only neutral cure silicone
sealant between the flange and the shower base since acid ones can
attack the flange. The flange is chrome plated plastic so this sounds
like a wind up to me.

[Andrew Mawson]

wrote in message
...

Does anyone know a non-internet sourse of neutral cure silicone
sealant? In/near Glasgow? I asked in Thomas Graham and the man had
clearly never heard of such a thing.

The shower trap I am fitting says to put only neutral cure silicone
sealant between the flange and the shower base since acid ones can
attack the flange. The flange is chrome plated plastic so this
sounds
like a wind up to me.




It's possible - to plate the plastic they first make it conductive
with (usually) a graphite based powder, then plate a sequence of
metals before ending up with the chrome, so it is possible the
underlayers could be attacked. I would'nt loose sleep over it though!!

AWEM

[John Weston]

In article 1bbb1f03-5d3b-4dbd-ad0f-9d401d5ba094
@z1g2000yqn.googlegroups.com, says...

Does anyone know a non-internet sourse of neutral cure silicone
sealant? In/near Glasgow? I asked in Thomas Graham and the man had
clearly never heard of such a thing.

The shower trap I am fitting says to put only neutral cure silicone
sealant between the flange and the shower base since acid ones can
attack the flange. The flange is chrome plated plastic so this sounds
like a wind up to me.

Try a chandler's at one of the marinas. Neutral cure is used in boats.
Won't be the cheapest place to get it though :-)

--
John W
To mail me replace the obvious with co.uk twice

[Tim S]

John Weston coughed up some electrons that declared:

In article 1bbb1f03-5d3b-4dbd-ad0f-9d401d5ba094
@z1g2000yqn.googlegroups.com, says...

Does anyone know a non-internet sourse of neutral cure silicone
sealant? In/near Glasgow? I asked in Thomas Graham and the man had
clearly never heard of such a thing.

The shower trap I am fitting says to put only neutral cure silicone
sealant between the flange and the shower base since acid ones can
attack the flange. The flange is chrome plated plastic so this sounds
like a wind up to me.

Try a chandler's at one of the marinas. Neutral cure is used in boats.
Won't be the cheapest place to get it though :-)


Ive had some from either RS or Farnell.

Cheers

Tim

[Donwill]

wrote in message
...

Does anyone know a non-internet sourse of neutral cure silicone
sealant? In/near Glasgow? I asked in Thomas Graham and the man had
clearly never heard of such a thing.

The shower trap I am fitting says to put only neutral cure silicone
sealant between the flange and the shower base since acid ones can
attack the flange. The flange is chrome plated plastic so this sounds
like a wind up to me.

No it's not a wind up neutral cure silicone has been on the market for
years.

Our local d-i-y store (North Shropshire) stocks a range of Bond It products
which I find OK,
Google for Bond-It.

If I remember rightly it was Dow Corning that first introduced it.
Don

[The Natural Philosopher]

wrote:
Does anyone know a non-internet sourse of neutral cure silicone
sealant? In/near Glasgow? I asked in Thomas Graham and the man had
clearly never heard of such a thing.

The shower trap I am fitting says to put only neutral cure silicone
sealant between the flange and the shower base since acid ones can
attack the flange. The flange is chrome plated plastic so this sounds
like a wind up to me.



Well cat pis sure flakes the chrome off anything.

And many descalers leave it permanently discolored.

[Steve Firth]

wrote:

The shower trap I am fitting says to put only neutral cure silicone
sealant between the flange and the shower base since acid ones can
attack the flange. The flange is chrome plated plastic so this sounds
like a wind up to me.

The chrome on chrome-plated plastic is incredibly easy to discolour with
acids. I cleaned the scale from a shower head using "Limelite" descaler
(another weak acid) a few years ago and removed some of the chrome and
changed the colour of the rest in streaks. So I'd avoid all contact with
acids, even descaler.

Neutral cure silicone is available easily. You can get it at Screfix for
£4.10 a cartridge.

If you are happy to use a white sealant, an alternative is Evostick Nail
and Seal MS-polymer sealant which is also neutral cure. That's available
in B&Q. Alternatively just use any MS-polymer sealant.

http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/s/SIRMSP/
http://tinyurl.com/6guvpb


Glasgow Screwfix
Houston Place
Kinning Park
Glasgow
G5 8SG


Opening Hours
Mon €“ Fri 7am €“ 8pm
Sat 8am - 6pm
Sun 10am - 4pm

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On 5 Dec, 08:40, wrote:
Does anyone know a non-internet sourse of neutral cure silicone
sealant? In/near Glasgow? *I asked in Thomas Graham and the man had
clearly never heard of such a thing.

Toolstation and Screwfix will sell it (haven't checked, but they
will), or try a glaziers.

Acetoxy cure silicone gives off acetic acid as it cures, and you can
remove chrome plating with acid. I guess the quantities would lead to
blemishing rather than anything more drastic, but I think the
recommendation is fair enough (especially from the manufacturer's pov).

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On Dec 5, 11:01*am, (Steve Firth) wrote:
wrote:
The shower trap I am fitting says to put only neutral cure silicone
sealant between the flange and the shower base since acid ones can
attack the flange. The flange is chrome plated plastic so this sounds
like a wind up to me.

The chrome on chrome-plated plastic is incredibly easy to discolour with
acids. I cleaned the scale from a shower head using "Limelite" descaler
(another weak acid) a few years ago and removed some of the chrome and
changed the colour of the rest in streaks. So I'd avoid all contact with
acids, even descaler.

Neutral cure silicone is available easily. You can get it at Screfix for
£4.10 a cartridge.

If you are happy to use a white sealant, an alternative is Evostick Nail
and Seal MS-polymer sealant which is also neutral cure. That's available
in B&Q. Alternatively just use any MS-polymer sealant.

http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/vi...url.com/6guvpb

Glasgow Screwfix
Houston Place
Kinning Park
Glasgow
G5 8SG

Opening Hours
Mon – Fri 7am – 8pm
Sat 8am - 6pm
Sun 10am - 4pm

Many thanks for advice from all. Looks like I should take this
reasonably seriously. Will head out to Screwfix - they seem to stock
Dow-Corning.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember saying
something like:

The shower trap I am fitting says to put only neutral cure silicone
sealant between the flange and the shower base since acid ones can
attack the flange. The flange is chrome plated plastic so this sounds
like a wind up to me.

It does exist - the brand I use is Sealux, to go along with their shower
trays and bath seals. Pricier than ordinary stuff, but it works well.

[John Rumm]

wrote:
Does anyone know a non-internet sourse of neutral cure silicone
sealant? In/near Glasgow? I asked in Thomas Graham and the man had
clearly never heard of such a thing.

The shower trap I am fitting says to put only neutral cure silicone
sealant between the flange and the shower base since acid ones can
attack the flange. The flange is chrome plated plastic so this sounds
like a wind up to me.

Acetic acid can discolour polycarbonate, hence that may be the concern
in the case of the trap. Do you not have a screwfix or toolstation
trade outlet near you?

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Cheers,

John.

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On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 04:10:40 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Dec 5, 11:01*am, (Steve Firth) wrote:
wrote:
The shower trap I am fitting says to put only neutral cure silicone
sealant between the flange and the shower base since acid ones can
attack the flange. The flange is chrome plated plastic so this sounds
like a wind up to me.

The chrome on chrome-plated plastic is incredibly easy to discolour with
acids. I cleaned the scale from a shower head using "Limelite" descaler
(another weak acid) a few years ago and removed some of the chrome and
changed the colour of the rest in streaks. So I'd avoid all contact with
acids, even descaler.

Neutral cure silicone is available easily. You can get it at Screfix for
£4.10 a cartridge.

If you are happy to use a white sealant, an alternative is Evostick Nail
and Seal MS-polymer sealant which is also neutral cure. That's available
in B&Q. Alternatively just use any MS-polymer sealant.

http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/vi...url.com/6guvpb

Glasgow Screwfix
Houston Place
Kinning Park
Glasgow
G5 8SG

Opening Hours
Mon – Fri 7am – 8pm
Sat 8am - 6pm
Sun 10am - 4pm

Many thanks for advice from all. Looks like I should take this
reasonably seriously. Will head out to Screwfix - they seem to stock
Dow-Corning.

And Toolstation is in the next street along beside Leyland Paints if
SF don't have it

[Adam Aglionby]

On 5 Dec, 20:05, wrote:
On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 04:10:40 -0800 (PST), wrote:
On Dec 5, 11:01*am, (Steve Firth) wrote:
wrote:
The shower trap I am fitting says to put only neutral cure silicone
sealant between the flange and the shower base since acid ones can
attack the flange. The flange is chrome plated plastic so this sounds
like a wind up to me.

The chrome on chrome-plated plastic is incredibly easy to discolour with
acids. I cleaned the scale from a shower head using "Limelite" descaler
(another weak acid) a few years ago and removed some of the chrome and
changed the colour of the rest in streaks. So I'd avoid all contact with
acids, even descaler.

Neutral cure silicone is available easily. You can get it at Screfix for
£4.10 a cartridge.

If you are happy to use a white sealant, an alternative is Evostick Nail
and Seal MS-polymer sealant which is also neutral cure. That's available
in B&Q. Alternatively just use any MS-polymer sealant.

http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/vi...p://tinyurl.co....

Glasgow Screwfix
Houston Place
Kinning Park
Glasgow
G5 8SG

Opening Hours
Mon – Fri 7am – 8pm
Sat 8am - 6pm
Sun 10am - 4pm

Many thanks for advice from all. Looks like I should take this
reasonably seriously. Will head out to Screwfix - they seem to stock
Dow-Corning.

And Toolstation is in the next street along beside Leyland Paints if
SF don't have it

Neutral cure silcones are used in electronics as well because it wont
attack soldered joints.

Anyone else notice that Toolstation follows the Burger King model of
site fnding BK allegedly spends 0 on site finding preferrring to move
in beside MickeyDs who spend millions on site research. Not
complaining just commenting, and there is a nice unit right beside SF
Seafield edinburgh that would make one stop shopping so convenient.

Adam

[dennis@home]

"Adam Aglionby" wrote in message
...

Anyone else notice that Toolstation follows the Burger King model of
site fnding BK allegedly spends 0 on site finding preferrring to move
in beside MickeyDs who spend millions on site research. Not
complaining just commenting, and there is a nice unit right beside SF
Seafield edinburgh that would make one stop shopping so convenient.

My local toolstation is 2 miles away from screwfix so its not likely I would
notice.