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If your gasket will fit within your scanner window you can create an image that we can use to manufacture your gasket, so there is no need to mail an old gasket or create drawings. If your gasket is very dark and more than paper thickness it might be a good idea to spray paint it yellow, gray, or some light color in order to be able to distinguish the gasket material from any shadows. For a good scan please follow the instructions below. Note: You can place a ruler on the scanner instead of graph paper.
Here is what you need to do:
1. Click on the Graph Paper image below to download and open a zipped Adobe pdf file containing a graph paper form. Once downloaded, print the graph paper document. The graph paper contains 4 squares per inch, so you can verify whether or not you printed it actual size. If not, you need to check your printer commands to print out at actual size. You can also use your own graph paper, but if so, be sure to indicate the number of squares per inch for the paper you use. Backing your gasket with graph paper allows us to check for any distortion when we download and print out your scanned gasket for use as a pattern.
2. Once you have some graph paper, place your gasket on your scanner and then place the graph paper on top of the gasket.
3. Scan your gasket at a scale of 100% so that the resulting image will be actual size.
4. Save your scan as a .jpg or .jpeg file type.
5. Send your gaskets scan(s) to Gaskets-To-Go as an e-mail attachment.
That's it! We can use your scan to make your new gasket(s)!
Note: The gasket scan image below has been reduced to fit this page.
