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Rubber over-mold on plastic - good sealing?

Thread starter BrianE22
Start date May 24, 2016

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May 24, 2016

BrianE22

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My inside plastic housing has some holes in it and for push buttons. I was thinking of over-molding rubber on top of it and was wondering how well the rubber would seal out water. If I had a leakage path of one inch and held my product in a bucket with a foot of water above do you think the rubber-over-plastic could keep water out for a few days?