Gasket on freezer lid is in great shape but has become loose & therefore less effective. Will defrost it soon and put some sort of sealant or adhesive on it.
What do you suggest?

On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 03:40:25 -0700 (PDT), Frank Thompson
wrote:

Gasket on freezer lid is in great shape but has become loose & therefore less effective. Will defrost it soon and put some sort of sealant or adhesive on it.
What do you suggest?

Where is it loose?


It's not attached well to the metal freezer door?

I forget if there are screws attaching it, and I don't know your brand
anyhow. If there were, are they tight? Is it ripping right around the
screws, you could make rectangular washers 3" or more by the current
washer width, with a hole the same size. Oh, it's in "great shape"
so this doesn't apply.

How was it attached to the door? I'd try to duplicate that if
possible.

If there are no screws, or it's ripped too much to get by with longer
home-made washers, I might use 5 minute epoxy in the syringe. I don't
bother with the 4" mixing attachment, because I think that just wastes
glue, and I think it's only for times you are using the whole tube at
once. So I use a wood kitchen match to mix the two ingredients .
If it's only small spots that are unglued, I might do several at once,
but if it's long stretches, I would do one side out of 4 each time.
Then hold it in place by shutting the freezer door and if at all
possible leaning something, a 2x4 with weight hung from the top, against
the door.

If the freezer's cold, it will take a lot longer than 5 minutes to set.
An hour? But I'd still be reluctant to use 60 or 30-second epoxee
because application time will be longer than that.


Sealant sounds to space-consuming to me. The gasket has to compress,
evenly, when the door is shut. A bulge anywhere and it won't shut
well. Epoxee too takes a little space, but a lot less than my fridge
and freezer gaskets compress when doors are shut.

Sealant isn't especially adhesive, aiui, so thin layers are not as good
as adhesive/glue is. .

"Frank Thompson" wrote in message
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Gasket on freezer lid is in great shape but has become loose & therefore
less effective. Will defrost it soon and put some sort of sealant or
adhesive on it.
What do you suggest?

I'd use 3M super weatherstrip and gasket adhesive , part #08001 . I use it
for all kinds of small jobs - this stuff is very much like Pliobond .
Available at most auto parts places .
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Snag

On Friday, March 28, 2014 8:23:12 AM UTC-4, Terry Coombs wrote:
"Frank Thompson" wrote in message

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Gasket on freezer lid is in great shape but has become loose & therefore

less effective. Will defrost it soon and put some sort of sealant or

adhesive on it.

What do you suggest?



I'd use 3M super weatherstrip and gasket adhesive , part #08001 . I use it

for all kinds of small jobs - this stuff is very much like Pliobond .

Available at most auto parts places .

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Snag

That's probably a good idea. It's tacky, works like contact cement, so you
don't have to keep the seal in place until it sets up. Contact cement
would be another option.

"Frank Thompson" wrote in message
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| Gasket on freezer lid is in great shape but has become loose & therefore
less effective. Will defrost it soon and put some sort of sealant or
adhesive on it.
| What do you suggest?

Contact cement. The solvent type, not the water-base type.

I'm thinking I'd use double sided tape.

It's less messy than working with adhesives, and you don't need a lot of bond strength to hold the gasket in place.

3M makes a really good double sided "transfer tape" called "950". A transfer tape is simply a layer of glue without any backing strip behind it like a true tape would have. You simply apply the 950 where you want it to go, pull the paper off the adhesive strip and then press your gasket onto the adhesive. Maybe mark the gasket location on the door or freezer with a felt pen before you remove it so that you can put the gasket down in the same location.

Where is it loose?

On the rear



It's not attached well to the metal freezer door?

Yes, not attached to metal door




I forget if there are screws attaching it,
so this doesn't apply.

not attached with screws

How was it attached to the door?
I'd try to duplicate that if

some sort of adhesive material

I might use 5 minute epoxy in the syringe. I don't

bother with the 4" mixing attachment, because I think that just wastes

glue, and I think it's only for times you are using the whole tube at

once. So I use a wood kitchen match to mix the two ingredients .

If it's only small spots that are unglued, I might do several at once,

but if it's long stretches, I would do one side out of 4 each time.

Then hold it in place by shutting the freezer door and if at all

possible leaning something, a 2x4 with weight hung from the top, against

the door.



If the freezer's cold, it will take a lot longer than 5 minutes to set.

An hour? But I'd still be reluctant to use 60 or 30-second epoxee

because application time will be longer than that.





Sealant sounds to space-consuming to me. The gasket has to compress,

evenly, when the door is shut. A bulge anywhere and it won't shut

well. Epoxee too takes a little space, but a lot less than my fridge

and freezer gaskets compress when doors are shut.



Sealant isn't especially adhesive, aiui, so thin layers are not as good

as adhesive/glue is. .

On Friday, March 28, 2014 6:40:25 AM UTC-4, Frank Thompson wrote:
Gasket on freezer lid is in great shape but has become loose & therefore less effective. Will defrost it soon and put some sort of sealant or adhesive on it.

What do you suggest?

Elmers glue. Right off the horses ass.

On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 07:23:12 -0500, "Terry Coombs"
wrote:


"Frank Thompson" wrote in message
...
Gasket on freezer lid is in great shape but has become loose & therefore
less effective. Will defrost it soon and put some sort of sealant or
adhesive on it.
What do you suggest?

I'd use 3M super weatherstrip and gasket adhesive , part #08001 . I use it
for all kinds of small jobs - this stuff is very much like Pliobond .
Available at most auto parts places .

This was my suggestion too. Or check into some of the sealants made for
windshields. The stuff made to install windshields is very strong, but
you may need to get that from a auto glass installer.