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PC seal out of RTV?
    #16188617 - 05/06/12 12:37 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

So the seal on my cheap PC just blew out.  It was already rotten when I got the thing three years ago,  I'm surprised it held up this long.

I've got a new one on order off the internet,  but would really like to sterilize some grain tomorrow.  (and I don't want to boil for 8 hours)


Anybody ever use RTV to make thier own seal?

I'm thinking I could make a nice bead in the little groove around the edge out of red RTV,  let it cure overnight and then force the lid down.

It seems too easy though.  am I missing something here?


Worst I see happening is the seal fails when it gets up to pressure.


whatcha think?

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Re: PC seal out of RTV? [Re: Beefy1]
    #16188629 - 05/06/12 12:42 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Sounds like it would be a pain to scrape out if it doesn't work.  It might work though, if you think you can fix any unforseen problems from it then give it a shot.

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Re: PC seal out of RTV? [Re: TheDeathryder]
    #16188638 - 05/06/12 12:47 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

It is worth a try. I would put a coating of vegetable oil down, so that when you take the lid apart, it doesn't stick or tear to badly.


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Re: PC seal out of RTV? [Re: Admiral Ackbar]
    #16188666 - 05/06/12 01:03 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

After taking a look at my jars now that they've cooled a bit I've decided to just wait.

Two problems. 

When the seal fails at 15 psi grain bursts open and turns to mush.  I don't want to got hrough all the trouble just to have it turn to crap again when the RTV fails.


Opposite that,  it seems RTV might make too Good of a seal.  It seems the lid of a PC has a little flat spot built in as a fail safe.  If the pressure relief gets stuck the seal needs to be able to blow out at that spot for safety.  RTV might prevent that.

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