What to use for replacement gas can gaskets?
mike
spout/lid.
Over the decades, all the cork gaskets have shrunken
to the point they don't seal or disintegrated completely.
Not finding any replacements, I bought some cork gasket
material and cut some new ones. They fell apart in
a month.
Anything I can use to cut new gaskets?
Needs to be something that costs less than new gas cans
and that I can buy without a $50 minimum order.
Google gets a zillion hits, but no conclusions.
Several of the gas resistant materials are NOT
alcohol resistant. And it's almost impossible to
buy gasoline that doesn't contain alcohol.
No, I'm not driving out to the airport.
Suggestions?
Thanks, mike
Bill who putters
mike <spa...@go.com> wrote:
If you have a template I'd go with neoprene.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoprene
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Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden
ransley
Google neoprene rubber rolls for gaskets.Or I would try buying small
sheets of rubber that are sold for pipe clamps that clamp off pipe
leaks, hardware stores should have them. I have a few packs of 3x5
rubber sheet
Larry W
can still find one if you look around a bit.
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There is always an easy solution to every human problem -- neat,
plausible, and wrong." (H L Mencken)
Larry Wasserman - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf. lonestar. org
Bill who putters
lwas...@sdf.lNoOnSePsAtMar.org (Larry W) wrote:
> Tire inner tubes aren't as common as they were decades ago but you
> can still find one if you look around a bit.
I've got truck inner tubes in my basement right now. Used for tubing.
HeyBub
You can get gasket material at the auto parts shop. I think a letter-sized
sheet is about five bucks.
Oren
<b2fore...@snip.net> wrote:
>In article <ibv1s9$kqu$1...@speranza.aioe.org>,
> lwas...@sdf.lNoOnSePsAtMar.org (Larry W) wrote:
>
>> Tire inner tubes aren't as common as they were decades ago but you
>> can still find one if you look around a bit.
>
> I've got truck inner tubes in my basement right now. Used for tubing.
They also make great rubber bands.
Tegger
september.org:
You need Viton. Viton will survive the corrosive nature of alcohol-polluted
fuels.
NAPA and other places should be able to supply you with Viton-based
gasketing materials.
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Tegger
The Daring Dufas
Polyethylene is supposed to be resistant to gasoline. I'm not
sure about the type milk jugs are made of but the flat side of
an empty clean jug should provide a number of gaskets that would
stay put depending on how they are cut.
TDD
larry moe 'n curly
mike wrote:
> I have several metal gas cans. Have the reversible
> spout/lid.
> Over the decades, all the cork gaskets have shrunken
> to the point they don't seal or disintegrated completely.
> Not finding any replacements, I bought some cork gasket
> material and cut some new ones. They fell apart in
> a month.
>
> Anything I can use to cut new gaskets?
Car parts store sell neoprene rubber gasket material, but they or real
hardware stores sell flat rubber washers.(used in plumbing). I don't
know if inner tube rubber will work because it's butyl instead of
neoprene and swells up like crazy when exposed to motor oil. Nitrile
rubber is supposed to be the best for gasoline.
Chemical compatibility info: www.coleparmer.com/techinfo/chemcomp.asp
aemeijers
Last time I was looking in the oddball hardware aisle at Tractor Supply,
I believe one of the slide-out drawer things had gas can washers. Makes
sense, farmers must run into that problem a lot.
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aem sends...