Hi Erez,

I am planning to use a rubber seal from "Clean Seal" (www.cleanseal.com). I have at work section 5491 and I will make a test piece to see that it is doing the job. You can check out the web site and find it under products, rubber seals & gaskets, view full product line and rectangle.

I expect it to work better, but we will see. I'll keep you posted. Note that the seal can be glued together to get a continous seal.

Andreas
: I hope the picture will work.

: if not, then this is its link:
: http://homepages.go.com/~fl_pelican/hatch/spcr_prfile.jpg

: is this the material you found at work ?

: well, this is the one I tried, & it didn't worked, so I switched to a
: flat top neoprene strip. just trying to save you time.

: I know there is another type of hollowed weather strip, that is smaller, I
: mean, the diameter of the neoprene is smaller. it looked to
: "skinny" & gentle to me, so I didn't used it.

: you can check my website for some more info & pics:
: http://homepages.go.com/~fl_pelican/home.htm

: about the perfect curvature: If you are using the cutout as the cover, you
: have no problem.

: if not, this is what I did: I glued the 2 pieces to each other with 5 min
: thickened epoxy, while it is lying on strips of plywood across the
: opening, so I'll get the exact curvature, & I did. I put the 5 min
: epoxy on 2 "dots" along the seam, & I used the regular epoxy
: & fg for the rest of the length.

: once cured, the cover will be very stiff & I don't think you'll need any
: supports. I don't use any.

: Erez