How to remove RTV silicone easily!

[@richardparker9775]

Thanks for this info. I really needed it. Plus, as the American son of an English ex-pat, I appreciate hearing your voice. Me old dad passed away a few years ago.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Sorry for your loss - been there, done that Thanks for your comment!

[@montygore1200]

I've been retired for 15 years now but found this amazing. Great tip for guys still working. Thank you

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Our pleasure!

[@harveysmith100]

Best tip of the year so far.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

It's only the 4th! Or are we talking financial year? lol!

[@harveysmith100]

@@BritannicaRestorations The satirical year

[@COIcultist]

@@BritannicaRestorations If we can't presume peoples gender how can we presume nationality? Harvey could be Chinese, Now as a well known Yorkshire character and given the demography there I might plumb for Indian, who incidentally also don't celebrate New year on the 1st January. inspiration.rehlat.com/en/destinations/new-year-is-not-celebrated-on-1st-january-in-these-5-countries/ Given Yorkshiremen's reputation for parsimony we are not even 4 months into the Jewish New Year.

[@Samurai_Aldo]

Since I'm broke and gas is $6 right now I bought a bottle of rubbing alcohol for $1 and I didn't even have to soak them in. Just poured on a rag and started rubbing and twisting.

[@N-Lee]

Or...Removing Old or Dried Silicone? Use Xylene/Xylol. Dissolves it quickly. Also dissolves most Epoxies.

[@silentskystudios]

I need to replace the door seal on my dryer and used RTV high temp silicone to attach the previous seal. This looks like an easy way to remove the old residue and prep the surface for the new seal. Thanks!

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Good luck!

[@buchanansleeve7427]

I tried that technique on the orange and it worked great but the black silicone did not come off using the soak. What do you use when dealing with the black? I ended up using a razor blade. Thanks for your time.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Just takes a lot longer

[@andyc2744]

Thanks Mike, always great for us amateurs to learn how the professionals do things!

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Happy to help!

[@roy2689]

the silicone sealer I use now is from Victor Reinz, called 'Reinzosil Instant Gasket Silicone' it seems to have a slightly higher viscosity when it's in the uncured state, and a little harder consistency when it's cured, and it doesn't have that dreadful vinegar smell...

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Sounds similar to the Loctite stuff

[@hexc0nn392]

Replacing my car's oil pan. Great tip. Got the little buggerz soaking right now.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Glad it helped!

[@dragan3290]

Methylated spirits works well on normal silicone. My boss bought me some silicone remover. I'm an ex glazier/ aluminium joiner over 20 years. Good video. 👍

[@N-Lee]

I used to own a Window Cleaning Business for New Construction. The installers or Glaziers or Manufacturers always got Silicone on the Glass. Sometime too much. Xylene/Xylol dissolves it quickly. Removes it without any residue left behind. My windows were always perfectly clean !

[@robmurg]

Great tip/warning, thanks! My first ever car used to stop at random due to this stuff reaching the needle valve in the carb. I once had to strip it down half way round a roundabout in rush-hour central Birmingham. I eventually traced it to the fuel pump. Grr. Does diesel have the same effect? Is there a sealer that is safe with diesel? (I need to seal the fuel return flange on top of my new fuel tank).

[@BritannicaRestorations]

I do not think diesel reacts the same, but there is a sealer for fuel tanks that is not silicone based

[@robmurg]

@@BritannicaRestorations Thanks, I'll look for some of that, not heard of it before.

[@martiniv8924]

Yamaha bond is a high end gasket maker , which I think is manufactured by ‘three bond’ . Similar to another grey gasket maker made in Germany ( the name that’s completely escaped me 🤪) it’s used sparingly and works very well . Although saying that I de-laminated a steel head gasket once ( Cummins 6 BT ) and used cheap white bathroom silicon to laminate the gasket, she ran 3-4 years in a Hamm 10 ton Roller without failure , past ramblings over 😁

[@Ural43203]

Hey Mike can you come around and remove the silicone around my bath it needs replacing

[@BritannicaRestorations]

No problems - need a respirator and an outside toilet for a while because of the petrol fumes...

[@gazzafloss]

Mike, silicones in their tubes will keep for years if kept in your refrigerator, opened or unopened. Here in tropical north of Australia it's the only way you can get any value out of it. Some of the stuff I use is $50au per tube, unless you use it all in one go you just waste it. Good tip for cleaning up.

[@ianhowe8823]

Do you have to make the opened ones air tight again or not?

[@gazzafloss]

@@ianhowe8823 yes, screw on a cap if you have one or the old trick of a nail or screw down the nozzle. Depending on time the silicone may form a small set plug but usually that can be squeezed/dug out without much difficulty. As I said I have tubes in the fridge door that I used a small amount of two years ago, and continue to use in dribs and drabs. Keep the tubes out of the fridge only long enough to use them, higher temperatures start them curing. Don't put them in the freezer.

[@ianhowe8823]

Gary Pamela Bradford Thanks for the tip

[@igorpotocnik7231]

@@gazzafloss Can you soften copper RTV gasket maker when it's already hardened in the tube? I used mine just once and screwed plastic cap tight on but left it on room temperature and it hardened.

[@gazzafloss]

@@igorpotocnik7231 sorry, there is no recovery once the sealant is open and kept at room temperature, it goes hard or sets, (RTV = Room Temperature Vulcanising), you have lost it. To keep it useable you need to limit the sealant's exposure to "room temperature" to as short a time as possible. It needs to have the cap replaced and put straight into the ordinary fridge, say a door shelf, as soon as possible after use. I'm still using sealants I've had for a couple of years.

[@hannahranga]

Not a big fan either but if I follow the workshop manual for sticking the head back on my little mazda diesel it says to squirt some around one of the oil passages.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Interesting!

[@ddnuk]

For surface removal I can highly recommend Soudal Silicon Remover. Works great.

[@coyote5735]

If you throw a lighted match in does it go off quicker?

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Yes and it does animal impressions - it goes Wooof!

[@mmurphy2528]

Great tip 👍 is that pallet of salt ?

[@BritannicaRestorations]

No wood pellets for the boiler

[@COIcultist]

@@BritannicaRestorations Christ wood pellets are a fortune over here. Now I realise you can have timer and thermostatically controlled boilers with wood pellets but with the great ignorance of a foreigner I'd presume you would just have a tract of land and fell each year. Low tech boiler working off logs and possibly a dry wood stove as well.

[@mattluszczak8095]

hey mike what do you use for instance vacuum pump bolts. hylamar?

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Hylomar on paper gaskets

[@nickboylen6873]

For those of us with diesel vehicles and electric lawn mowers, does diesel do the same, or is it only petrol?

[@BritannicaRestorations]

I think only petrol - I have diesel in the parts washer and it does not react the same

[@nickboylen6873]

@@BritannicaRestorations, well, if the added heat and mechanical action of the parts washer doesn’t have the same effect using diesel, then that seems fairly conclusive! Thanks.

[@Mrjoshnavarro]

Funny video, i hope it works for me. I used excessive red rtv silicone when assembling my cylinder heads and it got into areas the razor blade wont fit

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Try it - but wear rubber gloves if working with petrol

[@jamescunliffe9872]

I wonder how polyurethane seam sealer would fair in the same test?

[@BritannicaRestorations]

I should give it a go!

[@paddrivers]

What about tying your boot laces!

[@BritannicaRestorations]

These are too tight and just temporary until my new boots arrive!

[@nalindayapa7546]

Great tip, Thanks Mr. Mike. Well done

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Glad it was helpful!

[@littleredridinghood5622]

we used to use Honda Bond but now we only use Wurth sealant ..

[@RnDBMX]

Someone tried using gasket maker to seal my trans cooler lines on my radiator cuz they couldn't tighten it all the way now I have to try to get it off lol

[@palletcolorato]

Thx for this valuable tip!

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Glad it was helpful!

[@husq2100]

From a structural engineering perspective, no gasket is the best, unfortunately we have to deal with fluids. It’s a shame LR didn’t use O rings at swivel balls , stub axles and drive flanges. RTV /silicon type in what ever colour you like is good for when the two mating parts are uneven or damaged , or for dissimilar materials with different expansion rates. But for everywhere else use the thinnest you can , like loctite anaerobic types. I also like the thin paper gasket for drive flanges (sprayed with a little Hylomar) as they work fine (oil flooded bearings/cvs) and clean up really easy which is good for a part that gets removed for various maintenance items.

[@hondatrix]

Hondabond HT is the absolute best

[@JoeyVanVeenYt]

Thankyou for this!

[@BritannicaRestorations]

No worries!

[@davepearce6359]

Works a treat. Thanks Mike. 👍🏻😊

[@BritannicaRestorations]

No problem 👍

[@smashingartful]

Whoa that's awesome!

[@burtlade1705]

Well done. Thanks Mike.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Thanks for watching!

[@Defender110SLO]

Super tip. Thanks Mike

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Any time!

[@Rosiesgrandad]

Mike, if your bogies look like that, I’d recommend a trip to the doctor. 😁

[@SSSwilliams]

Nice little tip.👍

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Glad you liked it!

[@janq-h8139]

Blooody brilliant, thanks!

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Thank you!

[@howardblasingame7961]

God Bless You !!!

[@888johnmac]

nice tip .. thanks

[@BritannicaRestorations]

No problem!

[@federicoacker5672]

Great tip !! thanks for share!

[@BritannicaRestorations]

No problem!

[@machiningbasics1729]

Couldn’t agree more

[@dougfields5798]

“JUST LIKE THAT “ AHH ,AHHH. Bottle glass ,glass bottle .

[@nkelly.9]

Keep your silicones and super glues in the fridge, they'll last for ages.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Good to know!

[@COIcultist]

@@BritannicaRestorations Go on I'm puzzled what did you dig out of the fridge or freezer wrapped in cling film, a few months ago? Just tried to look for the video but lost the will to live.

[@leighriley6277]

👍👍

[@nickuk1978]

Who'd have thought. After your comment re Heinkel I looked it up. In a nutshell they got bought by Messerschmitt, which got bought by Airbus. So *sort of* still around! Good tip btw, thanks ;)

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Interesting!

[@jamieaustin6403]

You should visit the doctors if your boogers look like that! haha. great tip though, dead handy.

[@SuperWayneyb]

👍🤓👍

[@EricRohlfs]

Benzene is some bad stuff. Killed one of my dad's friends.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Drinking it?