Author Topic: Sheet material that can be used as a release for making silicone gaskets for tub  (Read 3610 times)

Offline PTsideshow

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2570
  • Country: us
I'm can't remember which or where I read a thread on using plastic wrap, waxed paper, or the plastic sheet as a release material for making silicone gaskets where one side is attached to the say lid and the other is free from the rim of the container?  Oil is not an option, as the area is to thin in cross section.
 :thumbup:
"The internet just a figment, of my imagination!' 
 
 There are only 3 things I can't do!"
Raise the Dead!
        Walk on water!
                 Fix a broken heart!
and I'm working on the first two!
glen

Offline Brass_Machine

  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5504
  • Country: us
I thought it was waxed paper. But alas, I can't remember either.  :Doh:
Science is fun.

We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.

Offline arnoldb

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 515
  • Country: na
  • Windhoek, Namibia
Hi Glen

Eric's right - it was wax paper.

 :beer:, Arnold

Offline Lew_Merrick_PE

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 690
  • Country: us
Waxed paper should work, but silicone release liner will work better.  Just about any industrial adhesives/sealants supplier should be able to come through with that for you.  BTW, Alumilite Corporation (Kalamazoo, MI) has all sorts of goodies in the silicone/rubber molding side of things.