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Eureka  !!    The new rubber molding material is now patent file protected and ready for sale.

MANY THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED IN THE PRODUCT TESTING PHASE - (SPECIFICALLY LES L. IN THIS GROUP) !!!

The product has been officially named "Versimold" and will soon be available in online stores for initial release. I have high hopes for this product - and being a gearhead, I am excited to be the father of a product that will have so many automotive hobbyist applications.

dusty:
I do have an ORIGINAL accelerator pedal boot that came off a 1953 car I am restoring it is still intact and  flexable I will send it to a( serious)  manufacturer for evaluation but want it back. and to answer the statement that there are boots available yes one of our members has some simular but there are differences ie: the length,number if flutes and diameter. they will work but do look different to the original. contact mr_blueberry30@hotmail.com if interested in reproduction

StillOutThere:
In most cases the thickness of a gasket needs to be very precise and the measurement is totally consistent and only a few or several thousandths of an inch to maintain even sealing capacity as well as even distribution of torque when compressed.  Can the material be accurately measured prior to curing and does it change in any dimension from curing?  What properties does it have regarding for example ethanol gasoline?

Is your foam gasket material white or gray or black.   I'm thinking park and tail lens gaskets.

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Dusty,

The material is extremely dimensionally stable (ie; it changes very little during the cure). It is a solid flexible rubber when cured, not a foamed rubber - think grommet or brake pedal cover type of material. I have prduced the following form the material for my 39 Olds (eeeeek a GM product !!!)
Hood bumpers, door stop bumpers, grommets, the fender grommet for the tank fill tube, body plugs, etc.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Versimold-Moldable-rubber-for-custom-gaskets-grommets-insulation-and-more-/120891694653?hash=item1c25b4de3d&vxp=mtr

The link above is the Ebay listing, we have not yet "retail launched" the product yet, but our IT guy has listed it on Ebay basically to get the "buzz" started. I sent out some free samples to some car guys (one fellow from this forum who did a fabulous job) to allow some of our "skilled" folks to test. I would issue a few more free ones to you guys - message me - but please - only if you have a need and if you are willing publish some feedback, either in forums, or a youtube video or something so that we are contributing to the buzz - thereby justifying the freebies.

John

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Update on the Versimold rubber product. The product will soon be featured on the "parts bin" section of the Gearz TV show. The website for the product is www.versimold.com (though it is still under construction).

It's amazing what "car guys" can come up with...

Thanks again for those who helped with the trials. I distributed quite a bit of the material in the beginning and I was very impresed by the response I got from my fellow Kaiser nuts.

On to the next project - closed cell foam rubber parts. One of our divisions manufactures closed cell sponge rubber (think gasket materials under lights, trunk ornaments, under mirrors, betweeen heater and firewall, etc.). The compressible gasket material is currently used for sound deadener inside fenders, gaskets between AC units and firewall, as spacers in fuel tank mounts, even under the big yellow lights on buses.

The material is "skived" to the proper thickness and then a steel-rule die is used to cut out the gasket - wiht or without adhesive on the back side. the "barrier to entry" for parts such as these are the initial cost of the steel rule die - typically $400 - $500 dollars depending on size and complexity unless it is something stupid like a donut.

We have the capacity to die cut both large and small quantities - the trick is to find parts of such sufficient quantities that the initial cost becomes bearable, ie; the part would likely have to cover several models / years.
If anyone is aware of such parts or range of parts, please let me know and I will work on it.

Another alternative is to offer small sheets of the material for restorers to cut themselves kind of like the package of gasket paper - (a little feedback if anyone thinks that would take off or flop !!)

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