silcone

[minesmoria]

I replaced my door gasket today and i used the high temp 600 f red silcone instaed of the gasket glue which i fine come loose and crumbles off.


Do you think the silcone will stick good and not burn off.

 

[webbie]

Depends on the stove. That silicone can probably take slightly higher temps than that....just that it starts losing color and other properties. Time will tell.

I have always found the best gasket cement to be Heat-Safe, which is a heavy liquid - NOT a paste like Rutland, etc.
See a pic of it in this article:
https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/articles/stove_gasket

once you use that stuff, you never go back to the other junk.

 

[raybonz]

Depends on the stove. That silicone can probably take slightly higher temps than that....just that it starts losing color and other properties. Time will tell.

I have always found the best gasket cement to be Heat-Safe, which is a heavy liquid - NOT a paste like Rutland, etc.
See a pic of it in this article:
https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/articles/stove_gasket

once you use that stuff, you never go back to the other junk.

Craig,
My stove has always had the white fiberglass rope and I am seeing the graphite available now... Would I be better off using the graphite rope? I plan on replacing a couple gaskets during the off season..

Thanx,
Ray

 

[jtp10181]

All the Quad units use the red RTV silicone now. Seems to hold good.

 

[webbie]

I don't think the graphite makes a big difference.....it probably is a little nicer to look at in certain stoves.