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Is this gasket the right one?

GrillinSailor
GrillinSailor Posts: 81
in EggHead Forum
This gasket comes with adhesive backing. Do I still need a high temperature cement? This says to apply to top and bottom. I only want to apply to the bottom of the egg. 

Should I just buy some different kind of gasket and the right cement? I’d rather have the right thing than save a few bucks.
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 6,395
    @RRP Will weigh in on this.
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • Buckwoody Egger
    Buckwoody Egger Posts: 1,466
    searching back in the forum there have not been many (or any?) people share their experience with that rutland branded self-adhesive gasket. nowhere near as many as those who get the kit from RRP— and that gasket is typically on one (base or dome) and not both. 
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,779
    I'm not confident that the self-adhesive stuff is going to last particularly long. I can't recall anyone having to replacement a Rutland gasket, installed with Permatex, because it failed. 

    Ping @RRP. He'll send you a gasket and instructions, for significantly less, than what that Rutland kit cost.

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,552
    the first time over shooting 750 with that 3m adhesive on the gasket it will fall off, ive used that one before and it fails like the old felt gaskets
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Buckwoody Egger
    Buckwoody Egger Posts: 1,466
    for the “fiberglass topic”… interesting to see the specs on the rutland acknowledge it as fiberglass. 

    3/4" wide x 12' long
    Fits Large, Medium, Small and Mini
    High heat-resistant self-adhesive
    strip featuring 3M technology
    White Fiberglass, longer lasting & more
    durable than Nomex and felt gasketing
    Braided, flat gasketing spun from molten glass
    Gasket Temperature Rating: 1000°F continuous
    Made in America

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