RTV mistake, can it be saved?

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Lonnie Sweet
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RTV mistake, can it be saved?

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So I am moulding a fuselage, and due to an accident, I am out of RTV (oommoo300). about 3/4 of the rubber made it into the mould box, and I am out. If I pick up some more tomorrow, can I simply top up the box, over the cured stuff? Or do I have to start over completely. Its a fairly big part, and the cost of starting over would suck.

On an unrelated note ;) does anyone know how to get RTV out of a dogs fur?
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Re: RTV mistake, can it be saved?

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Lonnie Sweet wrote:If I pick up some more tomorrow, can I simply top up the box, over the cured stuff?
Yes.
On an unrelated note ;) does anyone know how to get RTV out of a dogs fur?
No. But a pair of clippers sounds like the route to go. That poor RTV, being stuck to a dog. :(
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Post by Lonnie Sweet »

Thanks John.

And Lexus will be fine, she had her tail and her butt shaved. (border collie), and then the rest of her was shaved after we stopped laughing.
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I don't know which is funnier, the thought of the shaved dog, or the fact that you called it "unrelated"
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Re: RTV mistake, can it be saved?

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Lonnie Sweet wrote:So I am moulding a fuselage, and due to an accident, I am out of RTV (oommoo300). about 3/4 of the rubber made it into the mould box, and I am out. If I pick up some more tomorrow, can I simply top up the box, over the cured stuff? Or do I have to start over completely. Its a fairly big part, and the cost of starting over would suck.

On an unrelated note ;) does anyone know how to get RTV out of a dogs fur?
So the other 1/4 made it onto the rear of the dog?
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