Ultra Tef-Gel

[fin beven]

I bought a new mast for my sailboat 5 years ago. So far as I know, all of
the stainless steel fasteners were coated with Ultra Tef-Gel before being
attached to the aluminum mast.

In normal use, these fittings are frequently sprayed with salt water,
including the 31-day trip to Hawaii and back last summer. They are in a
salt-air atmosphere, 24/7/365.

I had a need to remove some of the fittings last week, and those that I
tried came out as if they had just been installed. The Ultra Tef-Gel worked
that well in that environment.

Whenever I've been replacing or adding hardware to the exterior of the GMC,
where the attachment is to the aluminum parts, I've been using stainless
steel fasteners and the Ultra Tef-Gel. Having removed several old, rusty
fasteners, I think it may be worth the extra effort and minor extra expense.

I just thought I'd pass this along, for what it's worth.

http://www.wolfwire.com/tefgel/Tef-Gel.htm

Fin Beven
Pasadena, CA
1976 ex-Edgemont

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[Ken H.]

> -----Original Message-----
>...
> Whenever I've been replacing or adding hardware to the
> exterior of the GMC, where the attachment is to the aluminum
> parts, I've been using stainless steel fasteners and the
> Ultra Tef-Gel. Having removed several old, rusty fasteners,
> I think it may be worth the extra effort and minor extra expense.
>
> I just thought I'd pass this along, for what it's worth.
>
> http://www.wolfwire.com/tefgel/Tef-Gel.htm
>
> Fin Beven

OhMyGosh! We've got another Manny on our hands! Won't use anything but SS!
May he prove a useful in some area as Manny is in transmissions!

Fin, do I read the ads correctly: the Tef-Gel can be painted over? If true
it would be a real blessing for lots of applications where blistering
occurs. The well known corrosion of GMCs adjacent to the SS beltline trim,
for example. Another, which I'm happily free of now, is in a similar
location on all Safari motorhomes -- they have an aluminum divider strip
which always blisters beneath the paint.

Ken H.

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[mr.erf]

wow I am excited, this could be the answer for my sand rail and home on the
salty coast. I am going to try itl

sort of sounds like teflon pipe goop, might try that also

thanks, and see you at the GMCMI Casa Rally
http://www.gmc49ers.com/casarally/CASA.html

gene

>Whenever I've been replacing or adding hardware to the exterior of the GMC,
>where the attachment is to the aluminum parts, I've been using stainless
>steel fasteners and the Ultra Tef-Gel. Having removed several old, rusty
>fasteners, I think it may be worth the extra effort and minor extra expense.
>
>I just thought I'd pass this along, for what it's worth.
>
>http://www.wolfwire.com/tefgel/Tef-Gel.htm
>
>Fin Beven

mr.erf
Gene Fisher -- 77PB/ore/ca http://gmcmotorhomeinfo.com/
Alternator Protection Cable - http://gmcmotorhomeinfo.com/APC.html

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[Rdenney]

Fin Beven writes...

> In normal use, these fittings are frequently sprayed with salt
> water, including the 31-day trip to Hawaii and back last summer.
> They are in a salt-air atmosphere, 24/7/365.

Sounds like the ideal circumstances for extreme galvanic corrosion
with all that freely available electrolyte. But do you think this
would be a problem for those of us who don't park our GMC's at the
beach? I've been using stainless fasteners for everything on the
coach, and so far have seen no evidence of galvanic corrosion. But
none are older than a couple of years at this point.

I, too, have mountains of rusty steel fasteners on the coach, but
these seem to have rusted normally, and are rusty whether or not they
are in contact with aluminum.

Rick "who has spent A LOT on stainless steel screws" Denney

'73 230 Ex-Glacier "Jaws"
Northern Virginia

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