Silicone is generally frowned upon as it is extremely hard to remove
completely & will affect paint adhesion as well as other issues. Griot's
has some very nice rubber cleaners and prep agents that do work well. I
have used them on my '90 rubber gaskets. The cleaners remove oxidized
rubber & dirt, and the prep agent finishes the cleaning, and seems to
facilitate the vinyl & rubber treatment. As long as the rubber material
is basically sound, and not heavily cracked or cross-linked, the Griot's
stuff does work wonders.
Jon

On 9/22/2014 9:39 PM, Rob wrote:
> What does remove silicone?
>
> Rob
> vwrobb@gmail.com
>
>
> At 9/22/2014 08:23 PM, Karl wrote:
>> Of course not. If anything it spreads it around more.
>>
>> On 9/22/2014 10:48 PM, PSD wrote:
>>> Lacquer thinner doesn't remove silicone?
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
>>> Behalf Of
>>> Karl Mullendore
>>> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 9:52 PM
>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>> Subject: Re: Rubber
>>>
>>> If anyone ever has to do any paintwork to this vehicle you will hear
>>> them
>>> cursing for miles. Silicone is the worst thing to apply anywhere on the
>>> exterior of a vehicle, unless of course you have no reason to ever
>>> paint it.
>>> Some painters might even refuse to touch it.
>>>