On Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 3:11:10 PM UTC-7, Sum Guy wrote:
I'm looking for some high-temperature sealant / caulking to use on my
furnace (instead of using duct tape or aluminized tape). This is for
seams in the usual places where air tends to leak out of the duct work
and where the furnace connects to the ducts. This is not for the flue.

I expect the max temperature to be around 200C, and mostly between 50C
and 100C.

I was searching the net for specs on GE's various sealant products, but
can't find very much about max service temperature.

Here's an example of what I can buy at home depot (Canada):

http://tinyurl.com/2baqhwj

This might be different than what's available in the USA (perhaps only
the label is different, or maybe the formulation is different - I don't
know).

Home Depot in Canada doesn't sell a caulking / sealant product that's
specifically labeled as "high temperature", or furnace, stove or HVAC
duct use.

What I did find at HD is 3 different 3M caulk products, labelled
variously as "Fire Barrier" Sealant IC 15WB (and two others that had a
similar application). These are designed or marketed as sealants that
are applied in drywall seams and around pipes and wires as they pass
through walls (drywall, brick, cement, etc) and I guess they're meant to
contain fire or smoke for maybe an hour or two. I did find on-line
cheps for one of them - and it had a paltry max service temperature of
48C.

I imagine that a job-shop HVAC supplier would probably have high-temp
caulking, but I'm just curious if something like the GE Silicone II
would do just as well (200C really isin't high-temp).

max temp is 400F

On Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 6:45:26 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 3:11:10 PM UTC-7, Sum Guy wrote:
I'm looking for some high-temperature sealant / caulking to use on my
furnace (instead of using duct tape or aluminized tape). This is for
seams in the usual places where air tends to leak out of the duct work
and where the furnace connects to the ducts. This is not for the flue.

I expect the max temperature to be around 200C, and mostly between 50C
and 100C.

I was searching the net for specs on GE's various sealant products, but
can't find very much about max service temperature.

Here's an example of what I can buy at home depot (Canada):

http://tinyurl.com/2baqhwj

This might be different than what's available in the USA (perhaps only
the label is different, or maybe the formulation is different - I don't
know).

Home Depot in Canada doesn't sell a caulking / sealant product that's
specifically labeled as "high temperature", or furnace, stove or HVAC
duct use.

What I did find at HD is 3 different 3M caulk products, labelled
variously as "Fire Barrier" Sealant IC 15WB (and two others that had a
similar application). These are designed or marketed as sealants that
are applied in drywall seams and around pipes and wires as they pass
through walls (drywall, brick, cement, etc) and I guess they're meant to
contain fire or smoke for maybe an hour or two. I did find on-line
cheps for one of them - and it had a paltry max service temperature of
48C.

I imagine that a job-shop HVAC supplier would probably have high-temp
caulking, but I'm just curious if something like the GE Silicone II
would do just as well (200C really isin't high-temp).

max temp is 400F

Another thing worth knowing is that the II version has an anti-microbial
added, so it's not suitable for uses like an aquarium. I've seen people
saying it killed fish. Happened on that when I was looking for something
reasonably food safe. The "I" version doesn't have the additive.