I have several metal gas cans. Have the reversible
spout/lid.
Over the decades, all the cork gaskets have shrunken
to the point they don't seal or disintegrated completely.
Not finding any replacements, I bought some cork gasket
material and cut some new ones. They fell apart in
a month.

Anything I can use to cut new gaskets?
Needs to be something that costs less than new gas cans
and that I can buy without a $50 minimum order.

Google gets a zillion hits, but no conclusions.
Several of the gas resistant materials are NOT
alcohol resistant. And it's almost impossible to
buy gasoline that doesn't contain alcohol.
No, I'm not driving out to the airport.

Suggestions?
Thanks, mike

In article ,
mike wrote:

I have several metal gas cans. Have the reversible
spout/lid.
Over the decades, all the cork gaskets have shrunken
to the point they don't seal or disintegrated completely.
Not finding any replacements, I bought some cork gasket
material and cut some new ones. They fell apart in
a month.

Anything I can use to cut new gaskets?
Needs to be something that costs less than new gas cans
and that I can buy without a $50 minimum order.

Google gets a zillion hits, but no conclusions.
Several of the gas resistant materials are NOT
alcohol resistant. And it's almost impossible to
buy gasoline that doesn't contain alcohol.
No, I'm not driving out to the airport.

Suggestions?
Thanks, mike

If you have a template I'd go with neoprene.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoprene

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Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden

On Nov 16, 4:12*pm, mike wrote:
I have several metal gas cans. *Have the reversible
spout/lid.
Over the decades, all the cork gaskets have shrunken
to the point they don't seal or disintegrated completely.
Not finding any replacements, I bought some cork gasket
material and cut some new ones. *They fell apart in
a month.

Anything I can use to cut new gaskets?
Needs to be something that costs less than new gas cans
and that I can buy without a $50 minimum order.

Google gets a zillion hits, but no conclusions.
Several of the gas resistant materials are NOT
alcohol resistant. *And it's almost impossible to
buy gasoline that doesn't contain alcohol.
No, I'm not driving out to the airport.

Suggestions?
Thanks, mike

Google neoprene rubber rolls for gaskets.Or I would try buying small
sheets of rubber that are sold for pipe clamps that clamp off pipe
leaks, hardware stores should have them. I have a few packs of 3x5
rubber sheet

Tire inner tubes aren't as common as they were decades ago but you
can still find one if you look around a bit.


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plausible, and wrong." (H L Mencken)

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In article ,
(Larry W) wrote:

Tire inner tubes aren't as common as they were decades ago but you
can still find one if you look around a bit.

I've got truck inner tubes in my basement right now. Used for tubing.

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Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden

mike wrote:
I have several metal gas cans. Have the reversible
spout/lid.
Over the decades, all the cork gaskets have shrunken
to the point they don't seal or disintegrated completely.
Not finding any replacements, I bought some cork gasket
material and cut some new ones. They fell apart in
a month.

Anything I can use to cut new gaskets?
Needs to be something that costs less than new gas cans
and that I can buy without a $50 minimum order.

Google gets a zillion hits, but no conclusions.
Several of the gas resistant materials are NOT
alcohol resistant. And it's almost impossible to
buy gasoline that doesn't contain alcohol.
No, I'm not driving out to the airport.

Suggestions?
Thanks, mike

You can get gasket material at the auto parts shop. I think a letter-sized
sheet is about five bucks.

On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:55:38 -0500, Bill who putters
wrote:

In article ,
(Larry W) wrote:

Tire inner tubes aren't as common as they were decades ago but you
can still find one if you look around a bit.

I've got truck inner tubes in my basement right now. Used for tubing.

They also make great rubber bands.

mike wrote in -
september.org:

I have several metal gas cans. Have the reversible
spout/lid.
Over the decades, all the cork gaskets have shrunken
to the point they don't seal or disintegrated completely.
Not finding any replacements, I bought some cork gasket
material and cut some new ones. They fell apart in
a month.

Anything I can use to cut new gaskets?
Needs to be something that costs less than new gas cans
and that I can buy without a $50 minimum order.

Google gets a zillion hits, but no conclusions.
Several of the gas resistant materials are NOT
alcohol resistant. And it's almost impossible to
buy gasoline that doesn't contain alcohol.
No, I'm not driving out to the airport.

Suggestions?



You need Viton. Viton will survive the corrosive nature of alcohol-polluted
fuels.

NAPA and other places should be able to supply you with Viton-based
gasketing materials.

--
Tegger

On 11/16/2010 4:12 PM, mike wrote:
I have several metal gas cans. Have the reversible
spout/lid.
Over the decades, all the cork gaskets have shrunken
to the point they don't seal or disintegrated completely.
Not finding any replacements, I bought some cork gasket
material and cut some new ones. They fell apart in
a month.

Anything I can use to cut new gaskets?
Needs to be something that costs less than new gas cans
and that I can buy without a $50 minimum order.

Google gets a zillion hits, but no conclusions.
Several of the gas resistant materials are NOT
alcohol resistant. And it's almost impossible to
buy gasoline that doesn't contain alcohol.
No, I'm not driving out to the airport.

Suggestions?
Thanks, mike

Polyethylene is supposed to be resistant to gasoline. I'm not
sure about the type milk jugs are made of but the flat side of
an empty clean jug should provide a number of gaskets that would
stay put depending on how they are cut.

TDD

mike wrote:

I have several metal gas cans. Have the reversible
spout/lid.
Over the decades, all the cork gaskets have shrunken
to the point they don't seal or disintegrated completely.
Not finding any replacements, I bought some cork gasket
material and cut some new ones. They fell apart in
a month.

Anything I can use to cut new gaskets?

Car parts store sell neoprene rubber gasket material, but they or real
hardware stores sell flat rubber washers.(used in plumbing). I don't
know if inner tube rubber will work because it's butyl instead of
neoprene and swells up like crazy when exposed to motor oil. Nitrile
rubber is supposed to be the best for gasoline.

Chemical compatibility info: www.coleparmer.com/techinfo/chemcomp.asp

On 11/16/2010 10:19 PM, larry moe 'n curly wrote:


mike wrote:

I have several metal gas cans. Have the reversible
spout/lid.
Over the decades, all the cork gaskets have shrunken
to the point they don't seal or disintegrated completely.
Not finding any replacements, I bought some cork gasket
material and cut some new ones. They fell apart in
a month.

Anything I can use to cut new gaskets?

Car parts store sell neoprene rubber gasket material, but they or real
hardware stores sell flat rubber washers.(used in plumbing). I don't
know if inner tube rubber will work because it's butyl instead of
neoprene and swells up like crazy when exposed to motor oil. Nitrile
rubber is supposed to be the best for gasoline.

Chemical compatibility info: www.coleparmer.com/techinfo/chemcomp.asp


Last time I was looking in the oddball hardware aisle at Tractor Supply,
I believe one of the slide-out drawer things had gas can washers. Makes
sense, farmers must run into that problem a lot.

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