What about ArmorAll for reconditioning the rubber window gaskets?

I don't know if it was a good idea or a bad idea from a long term
perspective, but I recently washed an original 85 hatch window gasket in
soap and water and then sprayed it with ArmorAll and let it sit for
about 15-20 minutes.

My girlfriend and I then put the window in the hatch in about 5 minutes
using a nylon rope that was a replacement for a lawn mower pull cord.
It was the smallest of the 3 sizes that the local hardware store sold.

The ArmorAll made the gasket slippery enough that I could slide the
window, with the gasket on it, just a tiny bit to one side to get it
perfectly centered in the opening.  The ArmorAll also made it more flexible.

We had previously tried to get it installed twice, just using very soapy
water.  Both times I couldn't get it perfectly centered and we would
fail as we got up to the upper corner on the side that was too far from
the center of the opening.  Plus the gasket was too stiff.

I have filled some, but not all of the slot that formerly held the
plastic fake chrome trim with the round rubber material that holds
screens into frames.   I'll need a warmer day to finish.

Sam

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Sam Walters

Baltimore, MD