REFLECTOR: Reflector Digest, Vol 107, Issue 53

[Mark Riley]

The door seals the came with the kit will work fine. You just need to work with them. Put some Vaseline on them and force close and latch the door. Wait  a few days and they will work. You can view the process on my blog or Andy Millin's blog.

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> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 08:52:52 -0600
> From: Ron N VelocityXLFG <velocityxl at fastmail.fm>
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> Subject: REFLECTOR: Door seals
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> Does any one know of a trick to make the door seals softer?  My kit is 
> over 14 years old and I
> think the rubber door seals that came with my kit are to hard now. The 
> door closed fine
> before I installed the seals now I can not get the pins to insert into 
> the latch .
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> Ron
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> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 09:34:48 -0600
> From: Don Johnston <numa at comcast.net>
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Door seals
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> I don't know about making the existing door seals softer. I went with seals
> from McMaster-Carr. Extremely soft and seal pretty much air tight.
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> http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/120/3489/=qv24jo
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> I got a couple feet of different thicknesses to determine the best fit.
> 
> 93085K13 & 93085K81 worked best for me.
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> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Ron N VelocityXLFG
> <velocityxl at fastmail.fm>wrote:
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>> Does any one know of a trick to make the door seals softer?  My kit is
>> over 14 years old and I
>> think the rubber door seals that came with my kit are to hard now. The
>> door closed fine
>> before I installed the seals now I can not get the pins to insert into the
>> latch .
>> 
>> Ron
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