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#3184
Gasket Material 1 Year, 9 Months ago Karma: 2
I've got a skylight/dead light --(a piece of plexiglass on the cabin top). The current gasket is leaking. Does anyone have recommendations and/or a source for material 1/8 to 3/16 thick that I can buy and cut to shape?

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#3185
Re: Gasket Material 1 Year, 9 Months ago Karma: 2
Midland Plastics in New Berlin has been a good source for plex, lexan and acrylic in the past.

They will cut it for you or send you home with the tools/info to do it yourself.

They really are wholesalers but they have a friendly city sales dept and last time I was there they had a very cool remnant room.
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#3186
Re: Gasket Material 1 Year, 9 Months ago Karma: 3
If you're looking for gasket material you might want to look at Grainger. They sell neoprene for central air conditioning installs. I believe it comes in sheets big enough to cut a gasket out of.
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#3187
Re: Gasket Material 1 Year, 9 Months ago Karma: 3
try automobile glass shop.
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#3188
Re: Gasket Material 1 Year, 9 Months ago Karma: 2
Sorry, I wasn't clear. I need the gasket material to bolt between the plexglass and the deck.
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#3191
Re: Gasket Material 1 Year, 9 Months ago Karma: 4
I've heard that butyl rubber gasket material is available at places that service campers and mobile homes. It's what is used in their window installations. I'd give one of them a call.

Other than that, I have a roll of rubber conveyor belt material about 3'x 20' and 1/4" thick. It cuts nice with a sharp scissors or utility knife. I got it from a friend when Waukesha Rubber went under. Kept it because it's just too good to get rid of. Figured I'd find a use someday.

If anyone has a use, I can cut off a hunk for you.
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