Sealing up valve covers

Im a big proponent of " let the gasket do it's job "
I often assemble oil pans (on stand) with only 4 pea sized dabs of, now "Right Stuff" where the gaskets meet.
(All regular RTV went in the garbage)
Same with intake, no slather of goop, just 4 pea dabs where gskts meet.
I do use 3M Weatherstrip Adhesive to hold a valve cover gasket to the cover, same to hold oil pan side gskts to block, from under the car, and timing cover gsk, water pump gaskets etc, only to hold the gasket in place, not to seal, - let the gasket do it's job.

RTV works as long as it ADHERES to the surfaces .
You go around "snugging" a RTV gskt, you often break the adhesion and cause a leak, - been there too often, fixing other folks "goop" jobs.
Professional mechanics have a time limit and customers have expectations. Having them wait till the next day for something to "cure", that likely shouldn't have been used is less than satisfactory.
We clean, glue v/cover gskt to cover, install, drive it out and away it goes.


Just my experience .
Good Luck .
The only thing I ever use on any valve cover gaskets is 3M yellow weather strip in just a few places to hold it in place and let it dry good before I put it on. At least that way, when you flip the cover upright, the gasket stays on place.