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Old 03-22-2006, 03:06 PM   #11 (permalink)
scolley
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Thank Jim. I'd be happy to. Before I do that, let me explain what I'll be taking pictures of, and why...
1) A front vertical seam - these were the ones where I used the RTV108. If you read my excruciating thread, you will know that I did not use RTV108 all the way around - just on the front pane. It kept on leaking, and leaking, and leaking. Which caused me to do my silicon homework, but I did not replace every pane - just the front that was leaking. So that was the only pane with the RTV108 - But the vertical seams are very small.

2) A back vertical seam - these were plain old aquarium silicone. I'll give you as shot at the seam just so you can see the successful size difference - larger.

3) A side bottom seam - again just plain old aquarium silicon. But it is dramatically smaller than the front seam. Why? Because there is less stress on the shorter side bottoms than the longer front and back bottoms. And because I went wild with the front bottom seam, as explained below.

4) The front bottom seam - as with the front vertical, it's RTV108. The entire front is. But the difference here is the seam size. I had problems with the bottom - multiple times - and I was just fed up with fixing leaks (hours and hours of work). So I laid down a massive front seam. Since it is RTV108, it is probably way, way bigger than it needs to be. The other bottom seams of plain aquarium silicone are smaller. Problem is - I can't prove smaller is OK. So rather than mislead you with what I think, I'll show you what I know - which is that this big mother of all bottom seams works.
I'll try to get to some pictures soon.
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