Dipped Swages, again...

[Brian Duff]

Great, yes I anyway have been thourougly convinced that something must be applied to every wire terminal to attempt to seal out corrosives.
I understand that Sailing Services practices this. I worked for a while at a yard near sailing services and we often used them to supply us with rigging cable with swaged ends. My own boat was rigged with cables made up by Sailing Services. I picked up the practice of gooing my swages as I was taught that made them last longer, and didn't seem to break. When the question was raised here I was looking for first hand advice on what I should be doing when I supply cables now. Therfore I am very tempted to use a polyurethane adhesive sealant inside all my terminals . ( I a number of times have been told and/or read that polysulfides were not as water proof or adhesive as polyurethane, and polyurethane has been working well for me...anyway) . My only hang up is the mess. perhaps a method is used to calibrate the amount of sealant and be sure to apply is from the very top of the swage. I am wondering if Lanacote would be a suitable substitute and if anybody has any expirience with that directly , or advice on how they feel it will do the job, because it is alot easier to clean up and keep neet with a bit of grease, as opposed to goo !

Thanks for all the great help here.
Brian