At 11:01 AM 3/12/2011, Grungy wrote...
>Should I get some kind of high-temp Permatex to fill in the scratches
>on the old one's paper face?

I like Hylomar (Permatex is selling it again, yeah!). It's
non-hardening (it just gets sticky), so it doesn't glue things
together. Works great on any close-fitting joint, and it's good to 600
F.