<html><head></head><body><div dir="auto">Could you print a 2 part mold in plastic, cover the surface in mold release and fill it full of RTV silicon?</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto">On 2 October 2024 1:31:05 pm NZDT, Robin Gilks <gb7ipd@gmail.com> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr"><div>Greetings</div><div><br></div><div>Rubber in quotes as I know you can't print rubber but is there someone on the list who has tried 'rubbery' (silicone, elastomers) filament to produce a replacement seal in a valve for my swimming pool auto-dosing device.</div><div><br></div><div>What's happened is that the sodium hypochlorite has crystallized in the valve where it mixes with the hydrochloric acid. This has jammed one of the two valves (one for each liquid) and it's been like that for so long (probably up to a year) the rubber seal on the end of the solenoid plunger has distorted (it should be cup shaped but it's now an inverted cup).</div><div><br></div><div>I really want to avoid the AU$430 + GST + shipping for a replacement valve for the sake of a 20c bit of rubber that is all of 12mm diameter and 6mm thick (even if it's an interesting shape).</div><div><br></div><div>Any ideas of getting the rubber back to its original shape also considered<br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><br></div></div>
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