just regular ole clear silicone 4.50 at wally-world. it drys in like 15 minutes to half an hour and is a sealer/adheisive. Look around Office Max an the like they carrie a product that we use to cover power cords and phone cords running up the walls. It looks like a hollow square tube but its two peices that snap together and have an adheisive backing. You can cut it to any length and to even turn corners. Seal the flex watt in the bottom and run that up the wall on the inside to hide the cords.
Just my two cents
I'll head to office max, sounds like a good idea. Thanks.
Is the silicone like a thick glue in a tube? I've never used it. So I can just run a thick bead around the edges on all the cages.
11-20-2006, 02:19 PM
Freakie_frog
Re: Wires
I posted a link after that so look back at that post to get an idea
11-20-2006, 02:21 PM
JLC
Re: Wires
Back to the issue of the wires...maybe you could put little spacers under the plexi so it still lays flat but allows for the flexwatt as well as the wires. Then seal it up.
11-20-2006, 02:25 PM
Freakie_frog
Re: Wires
Quote:
Originally Posted by Griggs2121
I'll head to office max, sounds like a good idea. Thanks.
Is the silicone like a thick glue in a tube? I've never used it. So I can just run a thick bead around the edges on all the cages.
Its a little thicker than toothpaste. Put the plexi down in the bottom over the flexwatt. Then run a bead of silicone in the edges between the walls and the bottom (about as thick as a ink pen, the tip of the tube can be trimmed for larger or smaller beads) then get a cheap deck of playing cards and use the rounded corner of the card to spread out the silicone. Have to work quick or work in small lines. That will seal it and glue it down. By not gluing the Plexi to the bottom it'll be easier to take up if need be.
Hope this helps
11-20-2006, 02:27 PM
Freakie_frog
Re: Wires
Quote:
Originally Posted by JLC
Back to the issue of the wires...maybe you could put little spacers under the plexi so it still lays flat but allows for the flexwatt as well as the wires. Then seal it up.
Great idea also depending on how creative you are notch the plexi around the cord and fill the notch with sisicone.
Just a thought.
11-20-2006, 02:36 PM
Griggs2121
Re: Wires
Quote:
Originally Posted by JLC
Back to the issue of the wires...maybe you could put little spacers under the plexi so it still lays flat but allows for the flexwatt as well as the wires. Then seal it up.
Hmm... I just tested, and because the plexi has already been cut to fit, theres too much of a gap on the edges. I sort of want to just lay the wires on the edge and run them out the back. Then just put the silicone right over the wires as well as the edge. Wires are easy to replace if I need to rip up the silicone.
11-20-2006, 02:41 PM
Griggs2121
Re: Wires
Quote:
Originally Posted by Freakie_frog
Great idea also depending on how creative you are notch the plexi around the cord and fill the notch with sisicone.
Just a thought.
Yea, I still have to notch out the plexi for the insulators for the flexwatt. Once the plexi is notched out there come the wires...
Just by the design, the wires will have to get some silicone on them any way I do it.
