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Advice Re Removing Gasket

Dondgc
Dondgc Posts: 709
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I have a new Rutland coming from @RRP that I would like to install before National Brisket Day. What tools/supplies would those who have removed an old gasket before recommend having on hand? I believe I need a brush but not a rotary brush - any particular type? A scraper - would this be a razor scraper or more like a paint removal scraper? Acetone? Or is it needed once I’m down to nothing but old adhesive? Anything else?

thanks in advance. 
New Orleans LA
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  • jdMyers
    jdMyers Posts: 1,339
    edited May 2020
    Piece of cake...   harbor freight.  Use plastic to remove bulk peel etc.  Use sand disk and acetone to remove gasget seal glue residue.  Dont worry about minor stuff.  Dont sig down into the ceramic.  Rub down with alcohol and stick on new.


    Columbus, Ohio
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    Ron's "kit" will include those directions. Personally, I didn't much bother. I scraped the old off as best I could, didn't go out and and buy any new tools, applied the Permatex then the gasket. That was 10 years ago. Been fine ever since.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • buzd504
    buzd504 Posts: 3,878
    edited May 2020
    I used a pumice stone.  Worked great.

    (Note - my gasket was mostly gone already).
    NOLA
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,465
    edited May 2020
    Dondgc said:
    I have a new Rutland coming from @RRP that I would like to install before National Brisket Day. What tools/supplies would those who have removed an old gasket before recommend having on hand? I believe I need a brush but not a rotary brush - any particular type? A scraper - would this be a razor scraper or more like a paint removal scraper? Acetone? Or is it needed once I’m down to nothing but old adhesive? Anything else?

    thanks in advance. 
     I cover the tools and methods in those instructions coming with your gasket.
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 6,433
    +1 on pumice stone
    cheap too

    $2.49 at Home Depot.  I think i used 2.5 of them. . . maybe 3.


    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • stlcharcoal
    stlcharcoal Posts: 4,762
    Scrape off what you can, torch the rest, scrape again, torch again, etc.  If the ceramic is already hot from a cook, that helps too.
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  • 1voyager
    1voyager Posts: 1,161
    I painted the gasket with acetone and let it sit for about an hour. Then I used a putty knife to scrape off gasket. It came off in one piece.

    The only downside is that acetone is nasty stuff.
    Large Egg, PGS A40 gasser.
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