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Subject:Mildly-strong adhesive for slider window rubber?
From:Michael Elliott
Date:Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:35:52 -0700

I've pulled the sliding windows off both sides of Mellow Yellow in
preparation to having the windows tinted* tomorrow morning. The rubber
channel that the glass slides in -- above the glass and to the front --
needed to be tugged out first, as well as the little gray plastic
sliders located at the front and rear of the aluminum strip at the
bottom of the glass. With all that removed, I was able to pull down hard
enough on the glass to get it to come out. Tight fit, though, and
visions of breaking the glass danced in my head.

Anyway.

When I put it all back together I know I need some adhesive to keep the
rubber channel in place at the top else it droops down and needs
constant re-insertion into the frame. BTDT. But too much adhesive -- or
too strong an adhesive -- and I'll never be able to tug the rubber
channel out of the frame again if I need to remove a window for whatever
reason.

Anyone have any Handy Hintz about adhesive type and amount?

*Probably metal film for heat-reflection. We're more interested in
heat-reduction than in privacy. We don't want it dark inside. Mrs
Squirrel likes her sun.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR