Does anyone have experience with replacing the gasket (door seal) on an ultra low temp freezer
Uncategorized
8
Posts
3
Posters
2
Views
-
Does anyone have experience with replacing the gasket (door seal) on an ultra low temp freezer?
The instructions say to remove all of the old silicon, but I'm not sure if that's referring to the pink/red film (which is gone) or the little clumps of sticky stuff from the tape (which didn't peel that cleanly in some locations). The usual solvents aren't doing a great job on the sticky stuff (due to freezer being upright, they don't really sit on the goo) and it's too dispersed to pick off big pieces so it's tweezers and what looks like zero progress. Part of the issue is that the base is lots of little parallel parallel grooves, which means scraping it horizontally isn't an option either.
(note: saying you did this on your home freezer is probably not helpful)
ETA: the real question is do I need to be worried about these little patches and now clumps in terms of getting a good seal with the special tape
-
Does anyone have experience with replacing the gasket (door seal) on an ultra low temp freezer?
The instructions say to remove all of the old silicon, but I'm not sure if that's referring to the pink/red film (which is gone) or the little clumps of sticky stuff from the tape (which didn't peel that cleanly in some locations). The usual solvents aren't doing a great job on the sticky stuff (due to freezer being upright, they don't really sit on the goo) and it's too dispersed to pick off big pieces so it's tweezers and what looks like zero progress. Part of the issue is that the base is lots of little parallel parallel grooves, which means scraping it horizontally isn't an option either.
(note: saying you did this on your home freezer is probably not helpful)
ETA: the real question is do I need to be worried about these little patches and now clumps in terms of getting a good seal with the special tape
On flat aluminum I had good results using the thinner we call "nitro solvent".
On the Italian Wikipedia page there is a stub, but maybe you can find some clues: -
On flat aluminum I had good results using the thinner we call "nitro solvent".
On the Italian Wikipedia page there is a stub, but maybe you can find some clues:@GustavinoBevilacqua This is not flat aluminum, the solvent is just running down the grooves because it's vertical.
-
@GustavinoBevilacqua This is not flat aluminum, the solvent is just running down the grooves because it's vertical.
On vertical surfaces I rub with rags, the action is almost immediate.
-
On vertical surfaces I rub with rags, the action is almost immediate.
@GustavinoBevilacqua The couple of solvents I tried rubbing didn't do much, though I guess I could try toluene...
-
@GustavinoBevilacqua The couple of solvents I tried rubbing didn't do much, though I guess I could try toluene...
I think it's not the case to remember you to use gloves, mask and eye protection 😉
-
I think it's not the case to remember you to use gloves, mask and eye protection 😉
@GustavinoBevilacqua @SRLevine
WD-40 claims their penetrating lubricant removes silicone. Haven't tried it myself. Test a tiny spot of the plastic first to see if it is attacked.
-
Does anyone have experience with replacing the gasket (door seal) on an ultra low temp freezer?
The instructions say to remove all of the old silicon, but I'm not sure if that's referring to the pink/red film (which is gone) or the little clumps of sticky stuff from the tape (which didn't peel that cleanly in some locations). The usual solvents aren't doing a great job on the sticky stuff (due to freezer being upright, they don't really sit on the goo) and it's too dispersed to pick off big pieces so it's tweezers and what looks like zero progress. Part of the issue is that the base is lots of little parallel parallel grooves, which means scraping it horizontally isn't an option either.
(note: saying you did this on your home freezer is probably not helpful)
ETA: the real question is do I need to be worried about these little patches and now clumps in terms of getting a good seal with the special tape
Chemicals I've tried: hexanes, 70% EtOH in water, MeOH, acetone, wd40, "motsenbocker's liftoff", toluene
toluene might do it, but the smell is too strong and once again we have the issue of it basically just running down the grooves in the door (putting it on a paper towel didn't seem to get a lot of stuff, partially because it doesn't want to fit in the grooves, using a microfiber towel has now given me weird spots that look moldy from the blue microfiber lint...)
-
undefined Oblomov shared this topic on
Feed RSS
Gli ultimi otto messaggi ricevuti dalla Federazione
-
Mzia Amaglobeli, la giornalista in carcere in Georgia da 9 mesi. Nuovo appello all’UE ad agire per la sua liberazione
@news
https://www.eunews.it/2025/10/14/mzia-amaglobeli-la-giornalista-in-carcere-in-georgia-da-9-mesi-nuovo-appello-allue-ad-agire-per-la-sua-liberazione/
La salute e le condizioni detentive della giornalista georgiana peggiorano. Rasa Juknevičienė, europarlamentare lituana: “Siamo pronti a fare tutto per sanzionare alcuni esponenti della politica georgiana. Sappiamo
-
#Machado https://www.ilpost.it/2025/10/13/venezuela-chiude-ambasciata-norvegia-oslo-nobel-maria-corina-machado/
-
Quale è la ministra contro le occupazioni?
-
@Piemmegi_B per me bundu poteva appaiarsi con AVS su pochi punti condivisi già affermando che dopo averli approvati in consiglio regionale, ognuno sarebbe andato per la propria strada
-
-
Sicuramente il fattore economico è discriminante. Ma anche, come viene accennato nell'articolo, andare a vivere in un posto dove tuttologi/hater/complottisti/falliti generici siano un fisiologico 5-10% e non la "maggioranza rumorosa" può influire. Dal fronte di Bruxelles | Fuga dei pensionati dall’Italia – Alla ricerca di aria fresca, non solo di imposte più basse https://bedaromano.blog.ilsole24ore.com/2025/10/13/fuga-dei-pensionati-dallitalia-alla-ricerca-di-aria-fresca-non-solo-di-imposte-piu-basse/
-
Brescia: morto franco castrezzati. suo il discorso del 28 maggio 1974, fino alla bomba fascista, di stato e della nato di piazza della loggia
@anarchia
É morto a 99 anni Franco Castrezzati, sindacalista della Fim – Cisl di Brescia che il 28 maggio 1974 stava parlando sul palco di piazza della Loggia
-
L'essere umano è un bruco che diventa farfalla e una farfalla che diventa bruco per diventare nuovamente farfalla, continuamente
Si cambia continuamente, non è una affermazione estetica
