How to make a paper gasket for almost anything super cheap! 

I have done this before but I start cutting the bolt holes out first so I can drop bolts through them so I don't have to worry if the gasket paper will move

I usually to save time, take that casing paint the surface with gloss paint and then press on the cardboard leaving a perfect template including the holes where the paint has missed and then clean the face of the casing.........total 5 minutes.......punch the holes with a punch and then cut out the gasket. about 15 minutes in total but I have done your method and it is a good one, just a little time consuming!

i'm using a whiteboard marker on the flange surface, and then pressing it on the paper right after. The ink from theses markers are water based and do not dry (or very slowly) so it's pretty easy to use.

Try cutting an oversize paper, knock a few bolt holes and fit the bolts to maintain the gasket position while knocking out the inner shape and marking the outer shape.

Good alternative if you have time. Sometimes a factory gasket is not available, or is ridiculously expensive. Sometimes only one gasket is needed, but is only available in a full kit of spares that you do not need. Beware that cardboard is not a durable material. In some applications, such as for pump housings, gasket thickness is critical, so the original gasket thickness must be measured with calipers, and correct thickness of the new one must be chosen.

Super easy jim. Thanks alot. If I don't watched this it is gonna be super hard for me. Salute

Oh dear, great grandad and few of us watching this are shaking out heads..... Start by punching a couple of holes and bolt the gasket to the job, just nip it up finger tight. Then rub around the edge at 45deg with something round, a bolt, screwdriver, short piece of tube, don't go hitting even if gently with a bloody great big hammer! You could at a pinch rub with the face of the hammer. What will happen is as you rub the corner of the casting will cut through the gasket, simples!!

Proper old school engineering that 👍🏻

Excellent tutorial - thanks!

Bros about to save me $25 on an over priced piece of paper. 👍🏻

Even with good gaskets my old Triumph still leaked right through the porous cover castings. If there was no pool of oil on the floor it was out of oil.😂😂🤣🤣

Good on ya Jim! Sydney, Australia.

Hahaha a triumph part. I also have oil leaks on my triumph too🤣🤣🤣

Before you start hammering glue the paper onto the metal with Indian Head Gasket Cement! Let it dry. Then hammer away. Remove cut off material and now the gasket won’t slip as you install. Oil the exposed side in case you need to remove later. Gosh, why don’t people do it that way?!?

Just like a brought One I My self would like to have your help

Thank you for sharing! Now I can get my snowblower back together before cold weather hits.

Does the gasket paper melt by the hot oil temperature over time? appreciate your feedbacks from experience point of view

Thanks for this. Might need to do this for a leaking steering box, and the gaskets don't seem to be available anymore.

Awesome accent! Love it.

Why no like/dislike ratio? It's so helpful to weed out the nonsense.

p.s. And why do it on the ground? sit down at a bench ffs! I've watched it right through now, way way too long winded and the number of times you removed it and repositioned it, just begging for errors And don't just use any old cardboard, Kellogg's don't make oil proof cereal boxes!! Do what I did 50 years ago and buy a few feet off rolls of different thickness of proper gasket material, I have three thicknesses, and keep the cutouts for small gaskets!

ohhhh poor kellogs lmao

Great video 👍

Jim for the win !! thank you sir

Super impressive until the point the gasket was placed on that dirty concrete flag to be marked for cutting. Serious grit risk.

I used to do this but now I used a vinyl cutter and have my gaskets for a built on file just incase I need one late at night

Thank you

I used pop cops cardboard and wirked for months months

Cool

can i use gasket paper for my thermostat cap gasket with the one says oil resistant petrol oil resistant

I need a carburettor gasket for an old Husqvarna lawnmower. Would this gasket card work for that?

Thanks man,exactly what I needed....

Glossy side will weep eventually unless sealed with a goop- (cereal box)

Very good demo. By the way your Logo is a Seiken a Karate punch!

ok I guess I am gonna try the cardboard material I have a lot around. I need a rare gasket.

Amazon sells Hole Punchers for rubber plugs . 5 pieces - $12.00 Thin tubes with a sharpened edge that cuts holes in gasket material well .

I use a rubber mallet

Please am working on gasket paper as a project work in school using composite materials. Which car make use of gasket paper because I need it for my scope of study.

“Other cereal brands are available though” I died

Cool , got R done probably faster than going to the auto parts store and know it fits.

can this gasket sealed a grease hydralic cover??

yo le coloco tinta de lapicero a una espuma y en 40 segundos lo corto. distriempaques la bayadera.

Thank You!

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thank you this was a big help

Well done

Excellent technique

what kind of paper

I can guarantee, the easiest and cheapest way is to buy a new one, 5 quid maybe? Yes it gives you satisfaction but time costs money. Good job though.

Very risky to do this on aluminium parts. I suggest using gasket maker.👍