gasket forming, not too sticky

[scrambledegg]

I took my wheel steering binnacle apart recently and repainted an alloy part where corrosion had bubbled the paint. As I took it apart i found that there was a rubbery, white sealant that had been used to seal the parts, eg the rim of the steering compass to the supporting flange at the uppermost part of the binnacle.
I now need to replace this sealant with something similar.
The good thing about the sealant that had been used was that it was only slightly adhesive. I could rub it off with my fingernail. This made detaching the compass, and other parts, very easy.
Does anyone know what this gasket forming sealant could be, or know of similar?
Thanks

 

[Topcat47]

It'd probably white silicon sealant. I use Fernox LSX, which is clear and has the same properties. It's available from most plumber's merchants in small tubes so you don't need to buy a large injection tube id you only need a small amount. It also keeps well as the tubes have a threaded cap.

 

[Sea-Fever]

I took my wheel steering binnacle apart recently and repainted an alloy part where corrosion had bubbled the paint. As I took it apart i found that there was a rubbery, white sealant that had been used to seal the parts, eg the rim of the steering compass to the supporting flange at the uppermost part of the binnacle.
I now need to replace this sealant with something similar.
The good thing about the sealant that had been used was that it was only slightly adhesive. I could rub it off with my fingernail. This made detaching the compass, and other parts, very easy.
Does anyone know what this gasket forming sealant could be, or know of similar?
Thanks

Could it not be Duralac ?? If it is between two dissimilar metals it may have been used to prevent electrolytic corrosion.

 

[scrambledegg]

Could it not be Duralac ?? If it is between two dissimilar metals it may have been used to prevent electrolytic corrosion.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think Duralac eventually sets to quite a hard, perhaps brittle state, and is for parts that are not intended to be routinely taken apart.

 

[Sea-Fever]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think Duralac eventually sets to quite a hard, perhaps brittle state, and is for parts that are not intended to be routinely taken apart.

I could correct you if you were wrong...but I don't know that you are. So I won't.

 

[Sea-Fever]

I could correct you if you were wrong...but I don't know that you are. So I won't.

My other ill-informed tuppence is that it might be sikaflex 291i.