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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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......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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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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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

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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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On 23 Jan, 21:28, Grimly Curmudgeon
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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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