This will be the 5th season with my liberty and I just replaced the original factory gasket and have noticed it a lot harder than the factory gasket was. With the factory gasket I could fluff it up once in a while but the new stuff is pretty hard.
Is it normal for new stove gasket too get hard?
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Perhaps too much gasket cement was used and that got soaked up into the gasket? It will harden after the first fire bakes it. I made this mistake on the Jotul once and had to replace the gasket.
I didn't think I used to much cement but maybe I did. I let it dry for at least two hours before putting the door back on latching it.
There are also different density gaskets. Maybe check the packaging to see if the new material is higher density?
It came from my dealer no idea what brand it is. It was on a big roll and its white in color. I don't know it the original was high density or not
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