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Gluing Silicone Rubber to steel
Some time back I replaced the door seals on the hard top roof for my
wife's Mazda sports car. One of them wasn't really a satisfactory fit and I tacked into place with some glue - looks now like it was clear silicone but I don't know if it was an adhesive or just sealant. Anyway that side has come away - the glue has stuck to both surfaces but has failed to hold, possibly the join line was just too wide. Any suggestions for a more successful solution please - and I believe there is something that will help to take the existing off ? Thanks Rob |
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"robgraham" wrote in message ... ......top roof for my wife's Mazda sports car. What's one of those then. Do you mean an MX-5? --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: --- |
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Gluing Silicone Rubber to steel
On 20 Jan, 11:39, robgraham wrote:
Any suggestions for a more successful solution please Sikaflex polyurethane. Boat chandler? Nearly a tenner a tube and doesn't store once opened, but it does the business for this. Also holds aluminium body panels onto steel subframe vehicles, like my Rangie. |
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Gluing Silicone Rubber to steel
On Jan 20, 1:41 pm, Andy Dingley wrote:
On 20 Jan, 11:39, robgraham wrote: Any suggestions for a more successful solution please Sikaflex polyurethane. Boat chandler? Nearly a tenner a tube and doesn't store once opened, but it does the business for this. Also holds aluminium body panels onto steel subframe vehicles, like my Rangie. also holds/seals my conservatory timber sections together *very* well Tis feckin sticky stuff but IME excesses can be cleaned off with Armor All Orange Oil car wipes like http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.asp?pf_id=553995 I expect there are other possibilities but those worked really well and smelt nice and nice on the hands etc cheers JimK |
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Gluing Silicone Rubber to steel
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Andy Dingley saying something like: On 20 Jan, 11:39, robgraham wrote: Any suggestions for a more successful solution please Sikaflex polyurethane. Boat chandler? Nearly a tenner a tube and doesn't store once opened, but it does the business for this. Also holds aluminium body panels onto steel subframe vehicles, like my Rangie. http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/c-304-adhesive.aspx They often have it, but not listed. |
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Gluing Silicone Rubber to steel
On 23 Jan, 21:28, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote: We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Andy Dingley saying something like: On 20 Jan, 11:39, robgraham wrote: Any suggestions for a more successful solution please Sikaflex polyurethane. Boat chandler? *Nearly a tenner a tube and doesn't store once opened, but it does the business for this. Also holds aluminium body panels onto steel subframe vehicles, like my Rangie. http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/c-304-adhesive.aspx They often have it, but not listed. Thanks GC - now that you've pointed me in the right direction, I remember that there is a guy not that far away who does refurbishment of older vehicles and I'll pop in and see him. Rob |
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