Question about waste tank gasket

[daniel@procarpet]

What is the best way to get the old gasket and whatever glue is holding it on with off?

 

[Ray Burnfield]

Putty Knife and some solvent for the sticky

 

[hogjowl]

No, the best way is an electric drill with a stout wire brush on it. After you get the bulk if it off, you then can then can take paint thinner or mineral of spirits and coat the residual patches and putty knife them off.

Make sure to clean the tank top with detergent and let it dry before putting the new gasket on.

 

[daniel@procarpet]

I wasn't sure what the best solvent to use was.

 

[Russ T.]

And what's the best glue to hold it together after it has separated?

Tried a million things...


The Clean Machine

 

[Ray Burnfield]

Marty,
I thought you were going to recommend sand blasting.

The gasket material that we use in a self adhesive that you peel off. as long a the surface is relatively smooth and clean it will stick.
You could us a gasket with out adhesive as long as you never lift the lid.

 

[Vivers]

I just did this for the first time as I usually have my suppliers mechanic do it. I had to do it quickly because we never go in our dump tank as we use a in-line filter so rarely go in there. Noticed I lost some vacuum & heat and the gasket had some cracks in it.

So I called my supplier and they insist that you have to use their special glue/epoxy and it takes 24 hours to cure but I want to fix this ASAP.

So I simply scraped it off with a big blade made for removing glue off subsurface and then used Dremel tool with wire brush and clean it up. Wipe down real thoroughly and simply used 100% waterproof gorilla glue and it has worked perfect!

The best part is my vacuums completely back and so is my heat being a heat exchange system.

 

[Ray Burnfield]

A gasket that doesn't stick in a few places needs to be replaced. imo

 

[hogjowl]

Marty,
I thought you were going to recommend sand blasting.

The gasket material that we use in a self adhesive that you peel off. as long a the surface is relatively smooth and clean it will stick.
You could us a gasket with out adhesive as long as you never lift the lid.

I probably use the same thing you do. It never comes off easily with a putty knife. The tank top needs to be properly cleaned from all residue.

 

[Ray Burnfield]

Agreed

 

[bob vawter]

a 3M rotary 2" scotch-bright pad is what ya need.....
clean afterwards wit acetone

Theres a difference between an open cell insulation strip and
closed cell gasket material.........

 

[dealtimeman]

if you let the solvent soak and dwell a bit it works well with the putty knife. id rather let the solvent do most of the work instead of me in a hot ass van or box scrapping the old gasket off working up a sweat.

 

[Carpet Cleaning Fool]

To remove I use a decal remover.

to replace, get "closed cell" rubber gasket material and Plumbers Goop.

 

[Johnny]

Best gasket material I've found is grey, closed-cell, anti-fatigue floor mat at Lowes. About 1/2" thick, 30" wide x whatever length you want to cut off the roll. Cover the whole inside of the tank lid. Glue with Gorilla. Lasts 24+ months.

 

[spotman123]

I got excellent results with my multi purpose tool with the vibrating blade. Amazed with how fast the glue came off.

 

[GeneMiller]

Scrape off , followed by a flapper on a grinder. Take some black polyurethane used for roof repair or window caulking. Put a nice bead around and cover with wax paper. Press the lid down. It will probably never come off and it won't leak.

Gene

 

[bob vawter]

roloc discs.....buy a pack of 4 for about 5 or six bucks.then an arbor that they lock into

http://www.paintboothstuff.com/abra...quick-change?gclid=CMjsxsaSvL8CFQeHaQodYbMAVA

 

[GCCLee]

This


And use rubbing alcohol 90% and a razor scraper. Let soak

 

[dealtimeman]

i tried to tell them soaking or letting dwell is the key, but nowadays no one likes to listen especially Ofer!!!