just installed cotronics gasket

Abe Froman

I just finished installing a cotronics gasket on my large.
As an additional fyi for future gasket changers, here is how it went:

The old gasket peeled right off by hand, I scraped off the old glue w/a razor and wiped the old glue residue off. I installed the gasket on the main lip of the egg, the dome and the chiminey/dome exit.

After considering all options for adhesive, I settled on rutland stove and gasket cement. It went pretty smoothly, we will see how it holds up. If it doesn't, ill use the permatex brand. Time will tell.

As far as I can tell, this baby is as close to air tight as its going to get.

I have the egg barreling along at 600 degrees curing the cement. For curiousity sake, I hit the gasket for 3 seconds or so with a propane torch and nothing happened to it. Pretty cool.

My only complaint is that some of the hardware bge uses is pretty lame. 2 bolts on the top band just spin and won't tighten. I didn't have this issue when I originally assembled the egg. Maybe ill eventually get annoyed and replace the lame bolts.

Regardless, from dissasembly to assembly, only took approx 45 minutes.

Special thanks to a certain egger who insisted on being annonymus, for sending me all the gasket material, postage paid, for free. On his own accord. My daughter is starting daycare soon to the tune of 225 per week. Daddy will be egging peanut butter and jelly, if I can afford that! Lol!

Anyway, thanks to everyone for all the tips, info, etc....

Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker

does the permatex need to cure at 600?

if i remember i thought it cured cold

stevesails

i just installed cotronics also.. it had sticky on the back already!

misfit

Hope the gasket works out, but dang, I have to try Egged PB&J. They don't call me misfit for nothing...

Abe Froman

I think you misread the original post. I used rutland gasket and furnace cement. I would use the permatex if the rutland stuff failed.

civil eggineer

My experience is the high temp silicone is superior to all other adhesive types. The worst adhesive I ever used was the Rutland fireplace adhesive. I am currently using the Rutland high temp silicone and the gasket is stuck for good.

Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker

yep. somehow i missed it.

i thought the rutland cement needed long and low heat though. like 200 or so. don't want it too dry too quickly

if you have my luck, you'll be using the permatex in a few months anyway

if you do find that the rutland cement fails (i think it is designed for steel stves, and that opur ceramic wicks the water from it too quickly, but i dunno), you can literally reuse the same gasket. i tore off my rutland gasket with the cement still attached, ran a bead of the silicone around the rim, and set the gasket (cement and all) back into it. it has held like iron forever since.

Abe Froman

That is good info, thanks. But yes, no worries. Especially if I can reuse the gasket