sealant for bronze exhaust

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Corto Maltese
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sealant for bronze exhaust

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I'm building TW28 and have similar bronze exhaust:
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Transom of TW28 is epoxy laminated from 4 layers of plywood and has at least 4 layers of fiberglass inside and four outside. Now, my question would be, which sealant to use because of the hot temperature.
The distance from engine is about 3.5m and rubber exhaust is connecting the waterlock, muffler and goosneck before it reaches the bronze exhaust at the transom. So the temperature of water and fumes shouldn't be to high for cured epoxy :doh:
Would be 5200 propper sealant or is it to sensitive for such job?
Thanks for advices,
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Re: sealant for bronze exhaust

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That should be OK, it's what I used without a problem, on a 39 foot boat with about an 3 meter run from muffler to transom. (I confess I'm not sure what a gooseneck is in the exhaust system.) The muffler/waterlock should reduce the temperature to a safe level of heat.
Here is the spec sheet on 5200: http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/1587 ... h-data.pdf
It appears that the safe working range tops out at 190 degrees, which is almost the boiling temperature of water. But it would have to heat up the bronze to that temperature.
There are also high temperature sealants for engine gaskets, of course, but I have no experience with using them on fiberglass.
TomW is probably your man.

Addendum: I just looked into the temperature rating of Shields marine exhaust hose, which is what I used and is common. It is rated to 200 degrees Fahrenheit continuous, peak 250, just a bit higher than 5200. But since you're at the cool end of the run and, like I say, the exhaust has to heat up the bronze to that temperature before it can affect the sealant, and because I have little doubt that Sheilds has built in a reasonable amount of headroom in their product, I'd still be comfortable with 5200.

Sorry for the long answer.
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Re: sealant for bronze exhaust

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Tony,
thank you for your reply.
Yes, I'm going to use 5200 or something similar from Sika, which is easier to get on this side of Atlantic.
Cheers,
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Re: sealant for bronze exhaust

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On all my sailboat (fiberglass), I used 5200.

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