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vacum drying?

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:25 am
by f32ms
I have read some posts that mentioned using a vacuum to dry out cored decks. My question is: I have lots of little screw holes in my hardtop, what would be the best way to seal it to hold a vacuum?

Re: vacum drying?

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:59 am
by larryeddington
I would try aluminum foil tape, as used in HVAC Business, strong and when pressed down with sqegee is seals. I have it temporary over the holes where my anchor storage parts were.

Re: vacum drying?

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:56 pm
by Big D
f32ms wrote:I have read some posts that mentioned using a vacuum to dry out cored decks. My question is: I have lots of little screw holes in my hardtop, what would be the best way to seal it to hold a vacuum?
If you're talking about how to hold/seal clear plastic to the surface you're vacuuming, you can use puty around the perimeter or two sided tape. There was a thread on this that I posted a link to and showed this, I just can't remember where it is.

Re: vacum drying?

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:29 pm
by f32ms
2 sided tape sounds like the ticket.