For my trail bag - 90 minute gasket maker VS 1 minute

TerryMason

TerryMason

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I'm always building out my trail bag with tools and emergency spares. This Feb we're planing on another wheeling trip seven hours from home, so I'm revisiting things.

I think some gasket maker would be a good addition to my trail bag, but I'm in between two choices:

Permatex The Right Stuff: 1 Minute Gasket Maker: Black

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Permatex The Right Stuff: 90 Minute Gasket Maker: Black

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Nobody wants to wait on the side of the trail for RTV to cure, but is one minute really long enough to repair diff cover, engine pan, or trans pan?
Which one would you bring along?

I've already got some JB Weld 6 minute putty if that matters.
 

I dont ever look at the cure time of those things when i get them. I just get the one that says compatible with oil because by the time i finish putting stuff back together, it had some time to dry
 
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I think I'd go with the tube before the pressurized can. Too often, I've had pressurized cans somehow become de-pressurized and not function or the contents hardening inside and not being accessible. With the tube, you can give it a slight pre-trip squeeze to verify that it is still in 'gel' form and ready to use.

Permatex is a good brand, so there is probably no wrong decision on this one.
 
I did some research on the pressurized can. From what I've read, the reason they use a can is because the gasket goo is too thick for a person to squeeze out of a tube.

I think I'll probably go with the tube, 90 minutes is not too long of a wait if things have really gone sideways.
 

I learned with water pumps to wait for the dry time.
You could swap a gasket out fairly quickly. Then reassembled in almost no time. Only towatch it leak within 5 minutes, if you don’t let it dry .

The reason for can seems the opposite of what you would expect. I wouldn’t think things in a can would have to be thinned in order for it to propel correctly. In a tube you could allow it to be thicker and pressed out,

Like oil and grease. You don’t find grease in aerosol cans. Do you?

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