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Subject:Fix - Gutter trim stripping off
From:John Rodgers
Date:Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:28:10 -0500

For a long time, my gutter trim kept peeling back from the front corner
by the windshield. I figured to replace it but I didn't like all the
trims that I looked at as replacement trims. Most had a separate end
piece that had to be held with a screw. That didn't sit well.
What to do?

Solution.

I pulled the trim back a bit, then cleaned the groove in the trim with a
scraping tool, and then cleaned the metal strip the trim mounts on very
thoroughly with MEK. Al old tar/glue was removed. The I squirted
"Plumber's GOOP" into the trim groove, and shoved it down tight onto the
metal trim mount. That trim strip has not moved since.

Plumber's GOOP works.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver