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Rutland Gasket Question

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OpusXcellent
OpusXcellent Posts: 60
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Hey Guys hoping you can help me out.  I am replacing my gasket with a Rutland and when I take it out of the package, there are lots of loose hairs and dust.  Is this normal? Do the hairs burn off?  Not feeling to comfortable using this.  Please let me know what you think
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,332
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    Paging @RRP who has likely forgotten more about Rutlands than the rest of us will ever know ;)
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,888
    edited May 2016
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    OpusXcellent said:
    Hey Guys hoping you can help me out.  I am replacing my gasket with a Rutland and when I take it out of the package, there are lots of loose hairs and dust.  Is this normal? Do the hairs burn off?  Not feeling to comfortable using this.  Please let me know what you think
    Sounds like your package has been man-handled, but the dust inside is graphite. As for the hairs, wait until after you have finished installing it and then using a simple butane lighter those individual hairs will burn off. Sounds like you bought one of those blister kits. I would pitch that tube of adhesive and go with Permatex Ultra Copper. 
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • OpusXcellent
    OpusXcellent Posts: 60
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    Thanks, this is what I got I see that the pics usually have just 95 instead of 95-6. There was a lot of hairs on my thinking of going with the Nomex.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,888
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    OpusXcellent said:
    Thanks, this is what I got I see that the pics usually have just 95 instead of 95-6. There was a lot of hairs on my thinking of going with the Nomex.
    That debris is graphite plus static electricity is at play as well. Like I said that package has been handled very roughly to have caused that.
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • OpusXcellent
    OpusXcellent Posts: 60
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    Thanks
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  • pasoegg
    pasoegg Posts: 447
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    class is in session and this will be on your final exam...

    "it is never too early to drink, but it may be too early to be seen drinking"

    Winston-Salem, NC

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