"Chris W" wrote in message
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Can anyone tell me what the official name of the putty they use to seal
the holes you run your coax through so bugs don't crawl in the wall or
water doesn't get in? I like to get all my hardware type items from
mcmaster.com. I'm sure they have it, if I just know what it is called I
can find it on their website.

I was thinking "electrician's putty" or similar -- what we used to call
"monkey ****" in the Navy, but I couldn't get a good match on Google for
those terms. While mulling this over, I remembered also Plumbers Putty.
While generally not used for coax, I have used it under sinks and in the
garage for sealing around pipe penetrations. What I have is light tan in
color. It stays soft and flexible (but I don't know what sunlight does to
it or whether it will take paint). It's cheap and available and might be
just what you need.