Milk Line

[jmayerl]

I just got some 1.5" SS milk pipe from a friend that is taking his milk house down. I plan on taking two of the 90 elbows and having them tigged onto the front and rear pans to make a 180(basicly in place of a float box). Where the two elbows meet they clamp together and there is a rubber seal between them. Will the seal hold up to the boiling sap, and if not is there a different way to seal the clamped ends together.

[Dennis H.]

If you look around they make the gaskets out of different material. There are some that will take the heat of boiling sap.
You want to search for TRI-CLOVER fittings.
They make A silicone and a teflon gasket that can take the heat. I think the the teflon is the better choice but the silicone one is softer and I think will give a much better seal.