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RTV sustainability
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:07 pm
by Jesus_man
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!?!?
Re: RTV sustainability
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:48 pm
by BroncoRaider
You could always start more projects...
Re: RTV sustainability
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:53 pm
by Jesus_man
LOL! Great logic! If only I had the time.
Re: RTV sustainability
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:54 pm
by Viperwolf1
Maybe take off the extended neck and put the short cap back on the tube when you're done with it.
Re: RTV sustainability
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:55 pm
by Jesus_man
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.
Re: RTV sustainability
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 8:17 pm
by Rox Crusher
ask around a bit.................I always just use a little more than necessary which seems to solve that problem
RTV sustainability
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 7:09 am
by Kinder
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.
Re: RTV sustainability
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:55 am
by Jesus_man
Please! That would be awesome! Investing in a small gun may be worth it if I can use most of the tube.
Re: RTV sustainability
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 7:52 pm
by Kinder
Here it is, Amazon also sells it in the caulking gun.
https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/PTW7652 ... ight+stuff
Re: RTV sustainability
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 7:47 am
by Jesus_man
Thanks! Will dig into it!
Re: RTV sustainability
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 7:30 pm
by casadejohnson
Jeff uses that much right stuff just seal the threads on his flex plate bolts.
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Re: RTV sustainability
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 6:16 pm
by Justin
I do the same thing as Phil. No issues with it drying out.
Re: RTV sustainability
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:20 am
by landshark
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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Re: RTV sustainability
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:24 am
by Jesus_man
I am doing something wrong, or just not using it fast enough.
Re: RTV sustainability
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 8:19 am
by landshark
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.