<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Hi Hugh,</SPAN></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px; RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Glueing it in is just a low tech method- but hey- back in the 80s there was no psubs website for all this great info- I was just "wingin it". I probably just asked George if he would glue it or use a gasket and he said "Glue it"! George never did like o-rings....<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></SPAN></div>
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<div class=yiv2364352316MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black">The first forward dome in my sub was bedded in 5200 urethane by 3m (which is advertised as a marine sealant and used for acrylic ports on boats). About two years went by and I noticed that the seal looked different. So I removed the retainer and the dome literally fell out in my hands! Wasn't expecting that! Luckily I caught it before it hit the ground. The surface of the 5200 was perfectly smooth but it had lost all adhesion to the acrylic. It looked like a rubber gasket.</SPAN></div></DIV>
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