Making gaskets

**King_berald** · 08-03-2009, 10:51 AM

Anyone here made their own gaskets before???
ive herd of them being made out of manilla folders or even shoe boxes...
Are they just as good? is it a bad idea??

ps..sorry i posted this in the how to section first by accident

**muttley383** · 08-03-2009, 11:07 AM

You can cut your own gaskets out of gasket material. You can buy the material from most auto parts stores.
If you were desperate you could try cardboard, but I would not think that it would last to long.

**greenacc** · 08-03-2009, 11:19 AM

agree with muttley, if your going to make your own use gasket paper. its available in different thicknesses and its pretty cheap, less than $10 a roll.
Much easier to buy the proper ones tho.

**centy** · 08-03-2009, 03:30 PM

yes home cut gaskets work fine.
Cereal boxes are the choice as they are a little thicker. you still go them inplace as you would a normal paper gasket.
I made one for a diff and years later no leaks.

**Commyfan** · 08-03-2009, 05:47 PM

Gaskets aren't expensive, just buy one instead of messing about trying to make one out of cardboard.

**King_berald** · 08-03-2009, 06:44 PM

ahaha im not tryin to be poor or anything....its just i cant get my hands on one until tuesday....and i was being impatient hahaha....
whats a water pump gasket worth?