Using action for gasket replacement

specmat

Seen a few quotes that said it's not good to use action to clean for a new gasket Any comments

specmat

Meant acitone not action

Skiddymarker

I've used acetone, but not too much. A warm, not hot egg is easier to clean. I use a brush and spread the acetone on 1/4 of the rim only, then off with a dry cloth or for stubborn glue, a rag soaked in acetone. Also discovered my wife's Pampered Chef scrapers work really well, then a razor scraper. 

Tjcoley

+1 on the razor scraper.  Acetone only on the tough to get off spots.  

berndcrisp

Very gently with the a fine wire brush in a power drill.

BakerMan

After scraping I used an palm sander, 200 grit to to remove hard Rutland cement to prep Egg for Nomex with Permatex copper adhesive.  Final clean with acetone and rag.

michigan_jason

BakerMan said:

After scraping I used an palm sander, 200 grit to to remove hard Rutland cement to prep Egg for Nomex with Permatex copper adhesive.  Final clean with acetone and rag.

Sounds backward. I used the nomex replacement that mothership send me, then upgraded to the rutland.

BOWHUNR

I've used this when replacing all four of mine with Rutlands.  No acetone needed and does not harm the ceramic.

Mike

Skiddymarker

michigan_jason said:

BakerMan said:

After scraping I used an palm sander, 200 grit to to remove hard Rutland cement to prep Egg for Nomex with Permatex copper adhesive.  Final clean with acetone and rag.

Sounds backward. I used the nomex replacement that mothership send me, then upgraded to the rutland.

Interesting, This may sound stupid, but are there different qualities of Nomex? I was given a BGE self adhesive high temp replacement gasket, it looked very different from the old felt, lighter color and seemed denser. (or maybe it's me that's denser) Is the Nomex from BGE the same as commercially available Nomex? Is it the same as the self adhesive Nomex from High-Que? I have a Nomex from High-Que sitting in a drawer and looks quite different from the BGE high temp gasket. Anyone have experience with this? 

BakerMan

I have seen pictures of the "new" egg Nomex gaskets and they look to be gray colored.  The Nomex gasket I bought was almost white with no adhesive.  I used Permetex copper to glue it to rim of Egg after reading what others have done.  So far it has survived two 650 degree pizza cooks and still looks new.