Remove an old gasket - how?

[speedpro]

Oven cleaner and gasket stripper have the same active ingredients, the caustic ones anyway. Don't spray it all over the place as it is nasty stuff. I spray a bit into an ice cream container and then dab it on exactly where I want it using a cotton bud. I've also found a putty knife is a great tool for scraping it off.

Oven cleaner is heaps cheaper plus you can get brownie points with the leftovers.

[cs363]

Oven cleaner and gasket stripper have the same active ingredients, the caustic ones anyway.

Err....no they don't;

One (oven cleaner) uses caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) as an active ingredient (http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov...ds&id=18001041) while the other (gasket stripper) uses dichloromethane as it's active ingredient ( http://www.crcind.com.au/catalogue.n...$FILE/MSDS.pdf)

[speedpro]

I stand corrected

[CookMySock]

I can't see how - it's not cutting, it's scraping.

Trust me, no amount of scraping was going to remove this sucker. I've dealt with all sorts of gaskets, and this mother was down TIGHT.

The gasket stripper is the lazy mans way.

Steve

[vifferman]

Hmmm....
Wish I'd known about it when I replaced my clutch cover gasket. The asiest thing to do would've been to have left the gasket in place, as it was intact and undamaged. However, I'd already imported a gasket, so I scraped it off with a glass scraper. Worked fine, but took ages and needed a lot of care to not mark the surface.

[cs363]

I stand corrected

Jeez....good on ya, made me think I wasn't on KB for a minute there...

[cs363]

Trust me, no amount of scraping was going to remove this sucker. I've dealt with all sorts of gaskets, and this mother was down TIGHT.

The gasket stripper is the lazy mans way.

Steve

Lazy? I like to think I'm conserving my energy....

[CookMySock]

Yeah bro, waiting for an opportune moment..

Steve