refurbing door seals on a "soon to be/modern" classic.

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Sleeker GT Phwoar saying something like:

wow, quite a selection. unfortunatley nothin glike what I need.

Very hard to describe, but it isn't the same width all the way along, and is moulded to shape, about 3/4" at the front of the door, to 1.5" where the door corner is, then flattens out to about 1/2" down the vertical drop. All this is attached to the body frame rather than to the door. hence why I was looking for a dressing/restorer/rejuvinator.

in which case you need Edgeware Rubber,

I'll give them a looksee too, cheers, but I don't reckon the car is old enough yet, or common enough to have mass produced relacement sets yet.

I've been told that giving them a gentle squeeze across the flattest side plumps them up for quite a while, and I don't suppose autoglymm rubber cleaner/treatment can hurt them. A good clean would do them good anyway.

I dont know about 'swelling' them but you can improve old rubber by cleaning with hot soapy water to remove any dirt, dry off, then dressing liberally with Johnsons baby oil. Works great on perished wiper blades to get you an MOT ticket so gotta be worth a try.

If you instal new rubbers, lightly cover them with talcum powder as its ultra fine grains act as a dry lubricant as they bed in. Use the correct seal adhesive like 3M (not the remains of a can of 'no more nails' etc) & shut the door while it bonds overnight.

Good luck!

It does so because it rots the rubber thereby softening it (back to the reasons for not using it with condoms... ;-)

Might give that a go. They are very dry looking. I found that Squeezing them back into a more round shape has definatley helped, but cleaning and "Oiling" can't hurt if I'm careful.

F*ckwad, do yourself a favour...see your local STD clinic, and take your scabby boyfriend too.

I seem to remember an old recommendation was to use glycerine to lubricate rubber seals

Mike

Cheers I'll look into that. Haven't gotten round to sorting it yet. Needed a new exhaust last weekend, but thank got the nights are lighter, more chance to do the smaller jobs like washing and polishing.