Clean gasket maker nozzle

Any solvent I might have on hand that would clean the hardened gasket out of this plastic nozzle after one use, with the help of a paperclip, so I can use some of the remaining 80% of the tube later?

The "additional nozzle included in every package" in the Amazon description is bullshit. I bought two tubes and they both had only one nozzle.

 

Skinny drill bit.

 

With silicone tubes you can just stick a drywall screw in there and pull the whole conehead straight out. Not sure if this product would be any different.

 

Simple to clean out if it is just the nozzle and not the product in the tube.

Any that gets hard in the tube my Napa takes back and exchanges for new.

 

I blow it out with shop air

 

That. Or push it out backwards from the tip with a small rod/nail/etc. I do this all the time with silicone/RTV. The plastic that the nozzle is made out of (Nylon I think) doesn't allow the gasket material to bond very well so it usually comes out clean.

 

Cool, the stuff came out of the nozzle easier than I expected. I was expecting it would be rock hard like superglue, but I guess it makes sense it's more like a soft gasket. I messed with it the same day with a paperclip, and I got a chunk of dried stuff and some wet stuff out and saw daylight. With another paperclip job before I use it again I'm pretty sure it's reusable next time.

I used the stuff pictured on my transmission pan. Messy but effective, no leak after some days. Also heli-coiled a stripped bolt hole with success.