Edging strip, would it work??.

[Icefever]

I don't want to run before I can walk with this "hobby", and I'm looking forward to this afternoon when I get to have a go at a spirit run for the first time.

I've been reading up on making a reflux still, maybe after xmas. I have some stainless pots from my beer brewing. They all have lids on them, but when I've seen youtube vids on making a still the guys use flour putty to seal the lids. Some vids are really weird with house bricks as weights.

Well I use food grade silicon pipe when brewing and this got me thinking. While on another forum on beer a guy on there found this site for edging strip...Link here

I'm wondering if this strip would do the job of sealing. If a couple of clips were fitted to the pot to snap shut, like that fitted to a thermopot.

[vino-tinto]

As the strip is food grade, temperature tolerant, and is used pre-spirit, I don't see a problem with it.

[Easydrinker]

Yes,I believe your choice could work,
Consider this,my own choice for a gasket,extruded personally.
HA6 aquarium sealant.
Check the specs,online:it ticked all of my boxes.
Seems to do the job,have used it often now.
Trying to help,hope I have.
Robert.

[Icefever]

Have you used HA6 on a pot??, because it states that it's a Silicone Adhesive & Sealant. Would it not glue the lid to the pot??, you'll need to take the lid off to fill, or am I looking at it wrong?

[Easydrinker]

Extrude to one surface,allow to set,hard.
You can,with a saliva wetted finger,reshape,before it sets.
Stuck and ready to work.
Simples.Works for me.
Robert.