weatherstrip and RTV?
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It's been a long time ago,on a different car, but... seems like I lightly masking-taped a piece of wax-paper over the RTV, over night, and It gave it a real smooth finish. The color was slightly off though.
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The wax paper is a good idea and would have prevented my current gooey-weatherstrip appearence if I had used it when I covered it in RTV/silicone; however, the fact is RTV is shiny and weatherstrip is not, so you will have a very noticeable flaw that the eyes will be drawn to. Weatherstrip should not be noticeable. Needless to say mine looks terrible now, even worse than it did when it was shredded, because at least it wasn't reflective and super noticeable back then.
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The wax paper is a good idea and would have prevented my current gooey-weatherstrip appearence if I had used it when I covered it in RTV/silicone; however, the fact is RTV is shiny and weatherstrip is not, so you will have a very noticeable flaw that the eyes will be drawn to. Weatherstrip should not be noticeable. Needless to say mine looks terrible now, even worse than it did when it was shredded, because at least it wasn't reflective and super noticeable back then.
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If it's to shiney, dull it with some scotch brite pad. It is tough to get smooth. I wear throw away gloves and smooth it down that way, I find it easier then using a tool like a flat piece of cardboard to swipe it on. I can't remember what else those scotch brite pads are called. They can dull glossy paint to paint in better to.
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Mine looks like ***, because I did not even flatten it down at all. I assumed I would be able to shape silicone after it dried... wrong. So it's time to do what I should have done first, buy new GM weatherstrip. Hopefully I'll be able to extract the piece I epoxied on because it kept flopping.
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09
saran wrap works too. Just make sure when you close the area up (door, targa top, wahtever is touching it) that the saran wrap doesnt fold into the silicon.
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On the B Pillar too, no less
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Looks are secondary at this point, anyway. If there's a crack, that's an appearance issue too. What I want is to be able to use my original weatherstrip for as long as possible, since it still works pretty well. Replacing it seems like a huge PIA.
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St. Jude Donor '08
What about black liquid electric tape? I thought I remember someone having some decent success with that stuff. Maybe I should try some. I have the stuff just lying around....
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I just replaced all of the weatherstripping in my '92 vert. After shopping around, this place was the cheapest and they have a good return policy:
http://www.weatherstripspecial.com/84-96.html
One of the things that makes a car look old is dried up and cracked weatherstripping, I guess because it's the last thing people replace. Luckily there are many places that offer kits for vettes. Most of the work was in removing the old adhesive, but I'm glad I did it.
http://www.weatherstripspecial.com/84-96.html
One of the things that makes a car look old is dried up and cracked weatherstripping, I guess because it's the last thing people replace. Luckily there are many places that offer kits for vettes. Most of the work was in removing the old adhesive, but I'm glad I did it.
