high temp silicone? -- fireplace damper

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  • parnelli
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    • Aug 2004
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    • bt3100
    #1

    high temp silicone? -- fireplace damper

    I've got one of these chimney top dampers that I'm thinking of installing over the weekend now that the temps are above freezing...but the one I bought off ebay doesn't come with the tube of adhesive.

    Instructions online refer to the adhesive as silicone.

    My question is: Is it normal silicone caulk or does it have to be some sort of high temperature special stuff? And if so, what stuff would it be?? Automotive RTV?


    Last edited by parnelli; 03-08-2007, 10:10 PM. Reason: pic
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    • Warren
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      • Jan 2003
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      • Anchorage, Ak
      • BT3000
      #2
      High temp. Hit an ACE Hardware and ask for it. They've got some that, if my memory serves, is good to 5000 degrees.
      A man without a shillelagh, is a man without an expidient.

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        • whitecobra
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          • Aug 2006
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          • 3 Miles from Disney in Orlando
          • BT3K with most accessories
          #3
          As was mentioned it is special silicone
          I use it all the time on our BBQ pits it is black and will take a few K degrees before it melts down
          Hardens HARD though unlike most silicone
          Any home center or even Wally World will sell it I get it at BORG all the time you can get it in full sized tubes or the little "bathroom caulk" siuze if you prefer

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            • birdman
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              • Mar 2007
              • 11
              • Franktown, CO
              • Ryobi BT3000
              #4
              A great product is Rutland Hi-Temp Stove & Gasket Cement. It is good up to 2000 degrees F. I think I got this at Home Depot, but Rutlands website is www.rutland.com.

              I would not use anything less then something that can handle at least 1000 degrees F at the chimney top and 2000 degrees anywhere within 10' of the stove/furnace. Better safe then sorry!

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                • Hellrazor
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                  • Dec 2003
                  • 2091
                  • Abyss, PA
                  • Ridgid R4512
                  #5
                  You need the high temp caulk. Rutland is good stuff, I've used that before.

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