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Subject:Re: replacing front door seals -- which adhesive to use?
From:Al and Sue Brase
Date:Sun, 22 Jan 2006 14:42:16 -0600

AKA the "Yellow Death" for it's tenacity and ability to make a mess all
over your hands and everyplace else. It's used as contact cement really.
Al Brase

Doug F wrote:

>3M yellow or black weatherstriping adheisive from your local automotive
>paint store will closely match what the factory used. fast dry and very
>secure and made for foam type rubber weatherstrip.
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Peterson" <david_j_peterson@YAHOO.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 9:55 AM
>Subject: replacing front door seals -- which adhesive to use?
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>>I'm tired of the wind whistling through so I got new rubber seals. This is
>>the piece that goes around the whole door, not the various pieces for the
>>windows.
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>>What do I glue it in with? Will GOOP or similar work, or will it eat the
>>rubber?
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>>Also, any advice for getting the old brown adhesive out of the channel?
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>>Thanks,
>>-dave.
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