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		hedora on Sept 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mcmaster.com is the best e-commerce site I've ever... My homebrew keg was leaking CO2, and the brewing supply company only sells the same crappy (= non-silicone) o-rings that had just failed. They wanted something dumb like $25 for a replacement part. Enter McMaster-Carr. For significantly less money than fixing one bad o-ring, I have a pile of replacement sets for every seal in the system.

amluto on Sept 26, 2022 [–]

Is silicone really a good material for this? In my experience, silicone picks up smells and is not so easy to clean.

(The part I can’t find on McMaster or anywhere else is a high quality EPDM or FKM gasket for a garden hose.)

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