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Default Silicone caulking as a metal adhesive

Yes, it works, but 3M 5200 works MUCH better as an adhesive and it hardens
up 20 points harder than RTV on the Shore "A" scale and it's paintable.
Steve

"Michael Koblic" wrote in message
rvecommunications...
While experimenting with making rubber moulds from silicone caulking I
bought in Home Depot (not even the good stuff!) I found that the compound
adhered to mild steel with indecent tenacity. I had to throw two objects
away because the "mould" adhered to them in spite of my best efforts to
remove it.

I filed this experience for future reference. If one needed a strong joint
of two metal components with some "give", this seems worth considering.

Has anyone used silicone caulking or similar such to join metals?

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Michael Koblic,
Campbell River, BC