Well, funny you should ask Frank. I just blew $37.25 on a 3.5oz tube of Hylomar PL32 Universal Medium. I like to experiment and I do know that this is used by a lot of the professional engine builders.
There’s absolutely no comparison when it comes to price, between the Hylomar and Permatex. Been using good old cheap Permatex my whole life and my Pop before me. I don't think the shelf has ever been without a tin of Indian Head, or #2 on it. The Permatex sealers sometimes leave something to be desired, especially in the area of clean up. And I have never, in the 50 plus years that I have been using it, been absolutely sure I was using the right product for the right job, kinda like well I’ll just grab this, it will probably work. If you read the label they pretty much all say the samething.
The web site for Permatex,
http://www.permatex.com/ offers, “Click here for more information” which I thought at last would explain after all these years, the proper use of their products. Expecting a chart with a simple description instead I get a movie video down load, 28mb. I figure on my dial-up that would take me around, like ALL night to download!! And to many choices.
The Hylomar site,
http://www.hylomar-usa.com/ is a little more user friendly, fairly clear as to the application of the product and it not so many choices. I hate a whole bunch of choices!
I’ve read that the parts can be disassembled and reassembled many times with the Hylomar which is why it is the racers choice. There’s those choices again.
So, anyway, those are my thoughts also!
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
p.s. So Arnie, What are the numbers of the Permatex (Hylomar like products), I can't tell by reading the labels.
