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

Gluing Silicone Rubber to steel
 

"robgraham" wrote in message
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......top roof for my wife's Mazda sports car.


What's one of those then. Do you mean an MX-5?



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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.

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

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.

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