[Public-List] Custom Gaskets

Don Campbell dk.campbell at sympatico.ca
Wed Nov 30 15:40:34 PST 2011


use cereal box inner bags from things like Kellogg's corn flakes if you 
are worried about tears. Works well in freezers to separate steaks too 
if you want to put two in a package.
Don

On 11/30/2011 5:27 PM, dan walker wrote:
> i thought it was a pretty cool idea. then wondered could u use wax paper? or to much risk it will tear?
> dan
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>   From: Gordon Laco<mainstay at csolve.net>
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> I think the 5200 makes a more durable gasket-like and tear proof membrane
> than less adhesive-like compounds.
>
> Gord #426 SURPRISE
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> On 30/11/11 12:03 PM, "John Riley"<jriley at dsbscience.com>  wrote:
>
>> Jim Davis wrote:
>>> Lifted from the American Schooner Association website.  I have not tried
>>> this, although I know the man who suggested it and his boat.
>>>
>>> "For those that have various deck fittings that are removed from time to time
>>> to facilitate painting or varnishing, here is a good trick from Joe and Jamie
>>> Lowell at Even Keel Marine to make a permanent reusable gasket. Tape the area
>>> off and apply three coats of high temperature mold release wax to the deck
>>> and the bottom of the fitting. Spread 5200 on the bottom of the fitting and
>>> screw it in place (but not totally tight). When the 5200 cures, pull the
>>> fitting off and take the 5200 gasket up and trim it. You now have a custom
>>> gasket that can be reused for decades. Clean off the wax, and screw it back
>>> down.
>>> We used this method to bed the iron ballast on Blackbird (see recent
>>> restoration photos), except we did not take it apart afterwards. Much better
>>> than any other elastomer or tar, and the 5200 will last a very long time
>>> underwater and the ballast can still be removed if that is ever needed."
>>>
>>> http://www.amschooner.org/node/51
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jim Davis
>>> Privateer Isa Lei
>>>
>>> T
>> I don't understand...if you want it to be removable, why bother spending
>> the money on an ADHESIVE like 5200, and going to the trouble to defeat
>> the adhesive properties with extra steps?
>>
>> I must be missing something; this seems like another example of a
>> complicated solution to a rather simple problem, and one that's been
>> solved 1000 ways already.
>>
>> Curmudgeonly Yours,
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