"Edgar" wrote in message
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I'm re-rigging my boat and re-using the Stalok terminals that have
been in use for 19 years. I put them new when I re-rigged it 19 years
ago. The instructions say to put a grape-sized lump of silicone
sealant in the terminal "base" when assembling the terminal so as to
keep water out.

Well, I did that and it kept the interior almost dry - but the
silicone acts like an adhesive and makes the "wedged" wire really
really hard to get out of the wedge shaped cavity in the body.

So, I wondering about some long-term sealer-filler that not an
adhesive. I've gotten 8 of 8 apart so far, but don't want to go thru
this again.

Maybe Dolfinite (it shrinks). Ideally something that expands when it
cures, is rubbery, not UV bothered, and zero adhesion to s/s.

Suggestions?

Let me get this right. You used silicone as the makers recommended and it
was satisfactory for 19 years although you then had a bit of trouble
dismantling the fitting. But you managed it Ok. And now you want to try
something different and untested so that in another 19 years it _may_ be a
bit easier to dismantle??!!
Your priorities seem quite wrong to me.
What is more, some of the substances that people are suggesting sound as
if they will be even more difficult to dismantle and you will not have the
same assurance that they will work like the one the manufacturers
recommended.
I recommend you stick (sorry!) with the silicone.


Edgar, you impress me with your insight. I too was aghast at this poor
fellow's conclusion that silicon sealant caused the cone to "stick" to the
inner strands of his rigging wire. Simply not the case. The cone is designed
to squeeze tightly onto the inner core of the 1X19 wire and no amount of
silicon sealant could stick it to the wire without the mechanical action of
the cone squeezing onto the wire.

Obviously the guy's an idiot when it comes to any kind of a mechanical
systems. Alas, this is all too common these days of girly-men who not only
don't understand manly pursuits but are proud of letting the entire world
know their abject ignorance. The answer is simple. Purchase a supply of new
cones and don't bother trying to re-use the old ones. Duh!

Wilbur Hubbard