Why sloshing compound stinks

Alex Clark

Registered User

Life Long Alaskan

• May 10, 2015

• #1

All this yucky stuff came out of ONE float compartment.
This is left over sloshing compound, that was allowed to build up
over several years by the previous owners of these floats.
It only trapped water between the yucky stuff and the aluminum.
What a frigging mess.
This was a lot of work. Doing it all by feel with one arm down inside the
inspection hatch. BTW, the hatches on PK floats are too small.

 

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aktango58

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18AA

• May 10, 2015

• #2

Happy Mother's Day Alex!!!!

I feel your pain!

 

Snert

FRIEND

Raleigh, NC

• May 10, 2015

• #3

Good thing you don't have friends that would set a mouse trap in one of the cans.
It was always fun to set one in a gunk tank.

 

cubdriver2

FRIEND

upstate NY

• May 10, 2015

• #4

I never did understand why you would try to seal your floats or your cellar from the inside.

Glenn

 

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cub12

Registered User

sioux lookout

• May 10, 2015

• #5

you will never find that stuff in aerocept, tuffloats or clamars!

 

cubdriver2

FRIEND

upstate NY

• May 10, 2015

• #6

cub12 said:

you will never find that stuff in aerocept, tuffloats or clamars!

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Or my 69 year old EDO 1320s that take on less then 1 gallon of water a week.

Glenn

 

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aktango58

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18AA

• May 11, 2015

• #7

Glenn,

you must take them out of the hanger to know...;-)

(channeling Eaton here):lol:

 

RaisedByWolves

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Tx

• May 11, 2015

• #8

aktango58 said:

Glenn,

you must take them out of the hanger to know...;-)

(channeling Eaton here):lol:

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The only time it's in a hangar is December through March. He likes to get all the float flying he can.

 

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Paul Heinrich

PARTNER

Illinois & Wisconsin

• May 11, 2015

• #9

Holy moly!!! Talk about airplanes getting heavier with age.

How much did all that junk weigh?

How do you seal the floats properly without re-skinning them?

 

skywagon8a

MEMBER

SE Mass MA6

• May 12, 2015

• #10

Paul Heinrich said:

How do you seal the floats properly without re-skinning them?

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Connect a vacuum cleaner to The compartment in question. Brush the sealant on the outside of the seam. It will be drawn into the leaking space.

 

mvivion

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Bozeman,MT

• May 12, 2015

• #11

skywagon8a said:

Connect a vacuum cleaner to The compartment in question. Brush the sealant on the outside of the seam. It will be drawn into the leaking space.

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Exactly.....and it takes only a TINY bit of sealant to do this.

MTV

 

cubdriver2

FRIEND

upstate NY

• May 12, 2015

• #12

skywagon8a said:

Connect a vacuum cleaner to The compartment in question. Brush the sealant on the outside of the seam. It will be drawn into the leaking space.

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This is what I do. I pressurize compartments with vac and spray soapy water on outside and mark where bubbles are. Then reverse and suck the sealant in. Be careful with a big shop vac or you might end up with smaller floats, I use a $29 dollar Wallyworld one.
I've had good luck with this http://www.lakeandair.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=2950&Search.x=14&Search.y=7

Glenn