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Incorrect silicone sealant used to seal around shower pipes - advice please


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Good afternoon all,

 

At the weekend I fitted a bar mixer shower and before securing the compression fittings to the wall, I sealed the gap between the ceramic tiles and the copper pipes coming out for the walls with Dow 785+ acetone silicone sealant. I've recently realised that this type of silicone releases acid when curing which can corrode copper. Annoyingly, I had some CT1 left over from when I sealed around the shower tray and probably should have used this or 785N. Just wondering if I should take it all apart, remove the silicone and use a natural curing silicone instead or am I worrying about nothing and that it won't actually have that much of an effect? I've searched online and not really come across anything relating to silicone causing copper pipe failures so I'm hoping it will be ok.

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