sealing up the bus !

[jonnyvolks73]

Hi all ,
Hopefully I will be getting my van back from the painters after nearly 5 months waiting :shock: , I am going to have a day of trying to get her water tight , I have a big box of fresh rubbers from status ready to go on and i was just wondering if anyone had any tips about fitting the door/window rubbers , specifically do i need any glue / sealant for the door rubbers and what is best to use as lubricant to get the window rubbers in ?

thanks all !

Soon as i get her back i will post up some pics and hopefully start a thread of the re build !

 

[Grazy]

I have only fitted the door rubbers and sliding and tailgate seals , not fitted any glass myself , i used a bit of evo stick type stuff on the door seals comes in a tube , its a double stick type thing so you put a bit on the seal and some in the groove where seal is to go , leave it to go off a bit then put seal in place , I then shut the door fully and left overnight to cure ,

Where in Suffolk area are you

 

[Trikky2]

Window rubbers - two man job - lots of lube - use silicone or waxoil type lubricant not soap/fairy liquid etc.

 

[dubdubz]

I used talc - baby stuff is fine for windows - works well and cleans up easily

vaseline is also supposed to be ok - does depend on the paint type used afaik??

need to do the door rubbers too.......well need to buy some first!!

 

[Bookwus]

Hiya johnny,

I'd be very leery of using any kind of petro product on installing those seals. Petro based products and seals just don't get along very well. They (and this includes Vaseline) will deteriorate the rubber in the seal.

Over here in the States it is very common to use a thin soapy liquid to lubricate the rubber. I use Simple Green (I think this is what you may refer to as fairy liquid) to spray the rubber. Very slippery stuff. And it evaporates leaving a solid contact surface between the rubber and the body. If you feel the need to use something with more body (so it will adhere to the rubber and not evaporate) you might want to try a smooth creamy handsoap with lanolin. This does work quite well especially on tough spots.

 

[Dean]

Washing up liquid contains sodium (salt) if you want to accelerate the rust process under the rubbers then use it, if you'd like to keep the metal work intact i suggest something like waxoyl and it is a lot easier with two people.

 

[Doris]

I believe a product called 'son of a gun' is best,however,I've not used it yet myself.

 

[jonnyvolks73]

I have only fitted the door rubbers and sliding and tailgate seals , not fitted any glass myself , i used a bit of evo stick type stuff on the door seals comes in a tube , its a double stick type thing so you put a bit on the seal and some in the groove where seal is to go , leave it to go off a bit then put seal in place , I then shut the door fully and left overnight to cure ,

Where in Suffolk area are you

cool , I will get some evo stick ,, sounds like a good bet . I am up in diss on the border .

 

[jonnyvolks73]

Thanks all ,
I have to say , lots of people have said definatly do not use washing up liquid , fairy and the like because of the salt , I will look up the son of a gun stuff and waxoil too .

does anyone know if the lube that they use for fitting tyres is any good ?
a friend of mine says thay have some if i want it

 

[VeeDubMan]

I used this stuff on my windscreen seal. Took 2 of us 5 mins to get the screen in.

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_219033_langId_-1_categoryId_165705

 

[jonnyvolks73]

I used this stuff on my windscreen seal. Took 2 of us 5 mins to get the screen in.

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_219033_langId_-1_categoryId_165705

cool does what it says on the tin ! looks like a trip to halfords ..