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Thread: Can 2 sided carpet tape be used to secure rail gasket?

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    Default Can 2 sided carpet tape be used to secure rail gasket?

    The young lad that rides on my bus and I helped get a small evaporator plans to rotate the pan daily. It is a Leader 2 x 4 evaporator,with the supreme style pan that has mini flues in the middle. Just wondering if we could attach the rail gasket with the carpet tape so it wouldn’t fall into the arch every time he lifted the pan,or would it not handle the heat and just disintegrate? Rails have firebrick and refractory cement right up to them,so would not have direct contact with the flames
    7th generation maple producer in sugarhouse built in 1892
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    I don't think the tape will hold up. Try some high temp silicone.

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    I used Gorilla spray adhesive (link below from Depot); when I prepped my 2x4XL Mason. Works awesome on gaskets.
    https://www.homedepot.com/p/Gorilla-...1502/303508262
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    id say no it wont hold up. I used black high temp gasket adhesive to secure my gasket
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    Plain carpet tape would likely melt and off-gas quite a bit -- high-temp RTV gasket adhesive would be better. The braided fiber gasket works pretty well compared to the plain gasket -- seems to stay put a better and last a lot longer.
    Dr. Tim Perkins
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    I use that flat braided gasket strip (I think what Dr. Tim is talking about) on a 1 1/4" top rail and it slides off each time I remove the pan. I've been toying with the idea of drilling two small holes (1/16"?) side by side every 4 to 6" all around the top rail then "threading" a piece of stainless wire up through the holes through the gasket and twisting it to hold down the gasket. It makes it removable. I might even get to that before our season here starts...............................in about a month and a half. Jay
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    I've used braided gasket for years. I rivet mine on. A rivet every 10-12 inches is enough to keep everything where it needs to be. The wire idea is a good one, providing the wire holds up. I'd go with a heavy stainless, safety wire at least- hoping it doesn't get hot/soft and breaks.

    Steve
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