fiberglass tadpole gasket

[Fredi Vilina]

Anybody use this stuff? I ordered some to use as a seal for a small front loader door but the ends seem to fray where it is cut to length, is there a way to keep that from happening? My thought was to mix up some fiberglass resin and dip the cut end then trim it?

[Henry Halem]

I'm thinking if you try heating it with a Mapp torch to melt it a bit.

[Doug Chaussee]

We use it on our annealer and did as Henry suggested, seal the fray with a quick pass of the torch flame. We also used a thin strip of stainless steel riveted over the thin flange of the gasket material to secure it to the frame. This too eliminated the problem.