Three Bond 1194/1184 application techniques?

[Mitch1]

During the last couple of case sealing attempts, I'm having a difficult time judging the amount of sealant to put down. Last time I put about a 3 mm bead around the perimeter and then used a rubber ink roller on it. Seemed to be putting more down. I used my finger to spread the rest to just thinly "paint" the perimeter. Is there a best practice technique? How do you put it down?

[Henry Schmidt]

A latex gloved finger much like your doctor would do.

[lindy 911]

I used an acid brush from the hobby store. It resists coming apart and leaving brush hair in the sealant and the bristles are stiff enough to get the goop to spread out evenly. It's also easier for me to get the sealant into tight spaces with the brush. They're sold in packs of five for about a buck.

[Mitch1]

Yeah, thanks lindy and Henry, the acid brushes I have I can pull the bristles out.

[Jeff Alton]

Finger, works like a charm.....

[lindy 911]

Looks like the finger it is...

[carrerarsr65]

i would like to see a before and after picture of the amount to put down, then a pic of the final spread amount just to see how thick or thin it should be , you know what they say apic worth thousand words!! thanks guys. gettin ready to mate my cases.

[Mitch1]

I put it on last time really thin. Like a very thin coat of latex paint. The problem that I see is that the thinner the application, the faster it skins over. Maybe the 1184 skins over faster than 1194? If there was something out there that was proven to work that had a longer working time I'd definitely use it. Just spent another 8 hrs cleaning cases to get back to square one. Maybe I've just had some bad luck. A lot of people seem to have done this without trouble.

[Henry Schmidt]

[Mitch1]

Thanks for the pic Henry. That helps. That looks thicker than what I applied. I did notice when taking the cases apart that the ThreeBond appeared to stick mainly to the side it was applied. Is that evidence of a torquing issue? I snugged all the perimeter nuts first and then came back after through-bolt were installed and hand tightened and torqued perimeter nuts to their final value.