What's the black non setting gunge the pros use when fitting a windscreen with rubber surround? Goes between the rubber and body?
Windscreen sealer
Feb 25, 2007
18 Replies
Tigerseal
Maybe try a dab of Anusol ?
Excellent. A motor factor who also does car paint etc should stock it? Any idea of cost?
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Lean on your local motorfactors to get a bit more reasonable.
Adam
or just bath sealant from b n q.
Tigerseal is not the non setting gunge that you want, tigerseal is a 'setting' polyurethane sealer and adhesive!
the stuff you want is called , oddly, windscreen sealer as opposed to the windscreen adhesive used to bond modern glass, have a look thru the yellow pages for a local independant windscreen company or try a decent motor factor
Neil - Usenet ( snipped-for-privacy@SPAMblueyonder.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
No. No, no, no.
Ordinary domestic silicon sealant has a lovely habit of eating acidic byproducts as it cures, eating through the steel very effectively.
Except Tigerseal's a seam sealant. I know, because I use the stuff. It definately sets, and it's not designed for windscreen fitting.
Missed the non setting bit, its not designed for a lot of things ;-). but if you need to agressively bond something its got a lot to commend it
Adam
& if you ring round for a bit it's one of those jobs that the bloke who does it for a living turns out to be really good value for money (the only other ones I've found are plasterers & farmers)
You can get non setting windscreen mastic from I imagine pretty much any decent motor factors.
Having tried the two local large ones, no. I was offered a silicone based stuff, though.
3m windscreen sealant. type 08509
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dont know about that, but it has been used many times on varied cars and ages, and never was there a corrosion issue, infact it stopped a bit that was already present on one motor.
That seems to be the stuff - thanks. And lots of other goodies too. ;-)
Alternatively, Arbomast. I got mine from Charles Pugh at Pinxton.
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HTH, HAND.
Thanks. Never read that group. I take it it's good? ;-)
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