Adhesive help Door Panel

[Smoky14]

I'm in the midst of changing the window regulator/ actuator and had to remove the inner water proof plastic. The Acura is now 13years old and the adhesive which holds the plastic is no longer soft enough to reuse.
What do you recommend I use for this job. I'd like to get as close to origional as possible since I'm keeping this old girl till they pry me out of it.
Thanks for the help. Smoky

 

[Tegger]

You're looking for "butyl tape", which isn't actually "tape" at all. I just happen to have a page on this very subject on my Website.
http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/doorseal/index.html

 

[Jimmy9190]

Just duct tape it back in place. It's behind the door panel and you won't see it anyway. Duct tape around the edges of the moisture barrier and if any of the duct tape shows from behind the door panel edges just use an Olfa knife or razor blade and trim it off.

If you really want to use an OEM style adhesive you can get a box of 3M black seam sealer caulking adhesive strips at Napa for about $15.00 to $20.00. You can stick those to the back of the moisture barrier in the same areas where the OE adhesive was located and then stick the moisture barrier back into place.

Either method will work fine and hold the moisture barrier in place for years to come.

 

[Rock_Hudstone]

3m Strip Calk is another option, not as powerful as the butyl tape which actually was used for windshield installation before the change over to urethane adhesives.

The strip calk may be better if the plastic needs to be removed in future without tearing. Part stores sometimes have it in the auto body section.

http://3mcollision.com/3m-strip-calk-08578-black.html

 

[Rock_Hudstone]

Originally Posted By: Jimmy9190
Just duct tape it back in place. It's behind the door panel and you won't see it anyway.

Either method will work fine and hold the moisture barrier in place for years to come.

Duct tape will dry out, ghetto style repair.

 

[JimPghPA]

I'm saving this thread regarding "butyl tape" for future reference.

 

[Trav]

http://www.homedepot.com/buy/dap-seal-n-peel-101-oz-removable-weatherstrip-caulk-18354.html

 

[JHZR2]

Im doing this on my mercedes. It never had butyl anything on the door, and Ive ever seen that kind of substance on any that Ive taken apart. Instead, the plastic is directly adhered to the surface.

Go to HD and buy 4 or 6 mil plastic, and 3M 90 spray adhesive. It is made specifically for adhering polyethylene to other surfaces.

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en...d=1114284885132

The issue with the butyl tape when I tried it on my MB was that it was thick enough, even when worked down, that the door inside card didnt properly go back. To remove the plastic with it attached meant that the plastic ripped.

#m makes the same product that can be put on with a caulk gun, which is better since you could make a much finer bead that is workable.

 

[Tegger]

Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Im doing this on my mercedes. It never had butyl anything on the door, and Ive ever seen that kind of substance on any that Ive taken apart. Instead, the plastic is directly adhered to the surface

You've never taken apart a Honda. The OP has a Honda, not a Mercedes. I don't care if the weather sheeting on a Mercedes is held on by fairy dust; it would still have nothing to do with a Honda.