RTV sustainability

Post by **Jesus_man** » Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:07 pm

You know the stuff:

It's not that I hate it, but what I hate is buying a new tube for a project and using 2%, then the stuff in the neck dries when you need it again. You have to dig it out to get back to useable RTV. That usually only works once or twice.

Any solutions to this? I wouldn't mind if you could buy 1oz tubes and expect to throw it away after each project. But at $7 for a 3oz tube, it sucks throwing the tube away after using only 30% of the RTV and wasting the time to dig out the dried stuff each time.

Someone has to have an ingenious way to save it!?!?

Post by **BroncoRaider** » Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:48 pm

You could always start more projects...

Post by **Jesus_man** » Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:53 pm

LOL! Great logic! If only I had the time.

Post by **Viperwolf1** » Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:54 pm

Maybe take off the extended neck and put the short cap back on the tube when you're done with it.

Post by **Jesus_man** » Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:55 pm

Viperwolf1 wrote:Maybe take off the extended neck and put the short cap back on the tube when you're done with it.

That may have been what happened to the current tube?!? But the extended neck is long gone.

Post by **Rox Crusher** » Tue Aug 25, 2020 8:17 pm

ask around a bit.................I always just use a little more than necessary which seems to solve that problem

Post by **Kinder** » Thu Aug 27, 2020 7:09 am

There is a version that is loaded into a shortened caulking gun. I throw a piece of tape and cap on it and reuse as needed. IΓÇÖll look for a pic.

Post by **Jesus_man** » Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:55 am

Please! That would be awesome! Investing in a small gun may be worth it if I can use most of the tube.

Post by **Kinder** » Thu Aug 27, 2020 7:52 pm

Here it is, Amazon also sells it in the caulking gun.

https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/PTW7652 ... ight+stuff

Post by **Jesus_man** » Fri Aug 28, 2020 7:47 am

Thanks! Will dig into it!

Post by **casadejohnson** » Sat Aug 29, 2020 7:30 pm

Kinder wrote:Here it is, Amazon also sells it in the caulking gun.

https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/PTW7652 ... ight+stuff

Jeff uses that much right stuff just seal the threads on his flex plate bolts.

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Post by **Justin** » Mon Aug 31, 2020 6:16 pm

I do the same thing as Phil. No issues with it drying out.

Post by **landshark** » Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:20 am

I have two tubes that are about 1 or 2 years old that I have caps on them and no issues

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Post by **Jesus_man** » Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:24 am

I am doing something wrong, or just not using it fast enough.

Post by **landshark** » Tue Sep 01, 2020 8:19 am

Jesus_man wrote:I am doing something wrong, or just not using it fast enough.

I have put some of the sealer in zip locks and capped them and had them last for a long time as well.

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