sealing glue on dipping objective chipped off

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Leica added a sealing ring of glue to their 40X N.A. 0.80 water dipping objective and some of it has chipped off.

Picture at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcammer/9240581316/

We were thinking of sealing it with layers of Krazy glue (after covering the lens element to protect from the vapor), high grade silicon caulk, or 5 minute epoxy.

Anyone have experience with this, or should we have Leica fix it (probably more expensive)?

Thank you!!

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