Anyone made their own foam radiator gaskets?

Goose · 5 May 2019 at 10:59

For reasons i dont quite understand it seems to be rather difficult to find either 360mm or 120mm foam gaskets that are actually in stock and not crazy expensive. I'm wondering if anyone here has made their own and if so what materials did you use and where did you get them?

Thanks

LuckyBenski · 5 May 2019 at 14:26

I've had 120 and 360mm gaskets from OcUK before at a fair price. I did look into buying some foam and laser cutting them myself. I believe EVA foam is popular for lasers.

Goose · 5 May 2019 at 14:55

LuckyBenski said:
I've had 120 and 360mm gaskets from OcUK before at a fair price. I did look into buying some foam and laser cutting them myself. I believe EVA foam is popular for lasers.

I dont have a laser cutter so its gonna be scissors for me

I'm gonna try and find some 5mm thick self-adhesive foam sheets use the one gasket i already have as template. They'll look pretty naff but they wont be visible once they're installed.

LuckyBenski · 5 May 2019 at 14:58

Goose said:
I dont have a laser cutter so its gonna be scissors for me

I'm gonna try and find some 5mm thick self-adhesive foam sheets use the one gasket i already have as template. They'll look pretty naff but they wont be visible once they're installed.

Fair play, I'm sure you can get good results with a nice sharp scalpel too!

TangoEchoAlpha · 8 May 2019 at 07:47

@Goose You still after one of these mate? If so, I've got one spare you can have, PM me an address if you want it

Goose · 8 May 2019 at 10:09

TangoEchoAlpha said:
@Goose You still after one of these mate? If so, I've got one spare you can have, PM me an address if you want it

Thanks so much for the offer but i'm all set. I bought a hobby knife and some self adhesive foam, used the one gasket i already had as a template and then got to work

Thanks again.

TangoEchoAlpha · 8 May 2019 at 12:10

Goose said:
Thanks so much for the offer but i'm all set. I bought a hobby knife and some self adhesive foam, used the one gasket i already had as a template and then got to work

Thanks again.

No worries

pastymuncher · 8 May 2019 at 18:58

I made some out of left over vinyl flooring cutoffs and they work a treat on my radiators.