Window seal TIP !

HarryM1BYT · 5th June 2015, 12:44

If your windows stick to the really soft rubber seals as you try to open them, it time to do something about it, before the seal is ripped...

Talc works, but its not easy to apply to vertical seals with your hand. As I found, put it in the palm of your hand and it falls off as you turn it vertically to apply it to the seals. What works better is the talc in a dish or saucer applying it with a paint brush, the finer the bristles, the better.

I searched the beauty shelves of a supermarket to find the talc - you possibly will not find it there, look in the baby section for Baby Powder, its the same thing and possibly cheaper.

bubs · 11th June 2015, 14:46

You can also use silicone spray like Back-to-black on the rubber strip, stops it sticking and keeps the rubber protected a bit.

fraz59 · 11th June 2015, 15:01

Used Einszett Gummi Pflege for a while now, really good stuff and even stops the door rubbers sticking in the winter

HarryM1BYT · 11th June 2015, 18:10

I'll see how this talc goes. I bought it, because I have just had to fit a new set of seals to the tilt and slide sunroof on the caravan. It had stuck itself to the perspex and ripped several times - long over due for replacement.

5th June 2015, 12:44	#1
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11th June 2015, 18:10	#4
HarryM1BYT This is my second home 75 Contemporary SE Mk II 2004 Man. Sal. CDTi 135ps, FBH on red diesel, WinCE6 DD Join Date: May 2010 Location: Leeds Posts: 17,273 Thanks: 2,160 Thanked 2,061 Times in 1,586 Posts	I'll see how this talc goes. I bought it, because I have just had to fit a new set of seals to the tilt and slide sunroof on the caravan. It had stuck itself to the perspex and ripped several times - long over due for replacement. __________________ Harry How To's and items I offer for free, or just to cover the cost of my expenses... http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...40#post1764540 Fix a poor handbrake; DIY ABS diagnostic unit; Loan of the spanner needed to change the CDT belts; free OBD diagnostics +MAF; Correct Bosch MAF cheap; DVB-T install in an ex-hi-line system; DD install with a HK amp; FBH servicing. I've taken a vow of poverty. To annoy me, send money.

11th June 2015, 14:46	#2
bubs Posted a thing or two ROVER 75 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Canvey Island, Essex Posts: 1,651 Thanks: 43 Thanked 163 Times in 134 Posts	You can also use silicone spray like Back-to-black on the rubber strip, stops it sticking and keeps the rubber protected a bit.

11th June 2015, 15:01	#3
fraz59 Loves to post MG-ZT Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Dunfermline Posts: 474 Thanks: 43 Thanked 83 Times in 70 Posts	Used Einszett Gummi Pflege for a while now, really good stuff and even stops the door rubbers sticking in the winter