In a message dated 29/07/2008 3:49:43 P.M. Central Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

    EXACTLY !  I had a van dropped off here  yesterday to have the pop top
seal replaced.  Old one glued on with a  combination of some kind of yellow glue
(contact cement or rubber seal adhesive)  and black silicone.  YIKES !  I'm
waiting for a day when I'm in a  "really" good humour to do that job !

>>>>>>I hate when folks use silicon on a failing pop  top seal.  It just makes
the whole replacement job so much more  tedious because to make it look
good you have to scrape the silicon off  with a razor knife or razor
blade.  The rust stains really shouldn't  matter because they are going
to be covered up by the new pop top seal  anyway but the gunked up
silicon can be a real nightmare.  I had one  that was so bad of a job,
the guy gunked on black silicon really sloppily  then saw how crappy it
looked so he taped off about 2 inches above the seal  all the way around
and sprayed with black rock guard.  I get it here  and have to put a new
seal on, scrape off the old silicon glop and then the  only way I could
get it to look half decent again way to respray it around  the edge after
I was done.

Please, just replace your seals, don't  use silicon.  I am going to start
to charge an extra hour or two of  labor when I see folks come in like
this.<<<<<<<<

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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