JustAndy Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 After about 3000 distillations, the DN100 gasket on the sight glass of our still has developed a crack and needs to be replaced. The gasket sees a lot of contact with high-temp alcohol steam and also torque from removing the sight glass for cleaning. I would normally get EPDM but wanted to see if anyone had a different suggestion / experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard1 Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Silicone is also great. Just make sure that it is at 80 shore hardness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson bay distillers Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 richard are you talking about silicone in a tube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTR Distiller Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 We use the Buna Gaskets on ours. It is Blue material and is great with high heat and alcohol. Try Brewers Hardware, they have a good selection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard1 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 On 10/25/2018 at 4:06 PM, Hudson bay distillers said: richard are you talking about silicone in a tube No, you get a variety of available gasket materials be it for DIN unions, tri-clover etc. Generally Silicone, Buna, EPDM are all available from process piping suppliers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captnKB Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 our sight glass gaskets are silicone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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