Dry compartment gasket material?

For those of you with dry compartments, what sort of gasket material do use use for the seal? Neoprene? Foam? Weather Stripping?  Just looking to find out what works well and what doesn't.

 

Joel

 

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Permalink Reply by justin nicola on January 20, 2011 at 4:40am
ive used marine weather stripping from lowes on both my center consoles in the past w/ ok results.  i am sure there is a better (and more expensive) product out there, but it does the job.  just make sure area is clean prior to application.  full disclosure, if it was a boat i was building i would probably get something cleaner looking. 
Permalink Reply by Kelly Neu on January 21, 2011 at 11:10pm
I used closed cell foam.  It works o kay.  I have heard good reviews for auto gasket.
Permalink Reply by justin nicola on January 22, 2011 at 4:11am

went to a boat show yesterday and was climbing all over all sorts of boats.  the nicest ones had "D" shaped neoprene weather stripping, which holds up better than most (i asked the contender rep). 

 

Permalink Reply by lhedrick on January 22, 2011 at 6:32pm
Like you mentioned, I used Neoprene strips.  I got it in 25 foot rolls about 1 inch wide 1/8 thick.  I epoxied it in place.  Worked well.

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