Weatherstripping door seals

[97tbird]

Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Originally Posted By: 97tbird
Gummi Pflege has a great rep.
I bought a stick recently but still haven't used it, as we still haven't had any freezing weather yet...but as soon as I hear such a forecast I'd go ahead and use it.


A stick??

As I understand it, it used to be a stick, but was discontinued and now is a liquid, applied with a little sponge applicator.


Sorry - you're right- that's what I got - used the word 'stick' incorrectly there.

 

[Zeus33]

Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Originally Posted By: 97tbird
Gummi Pflege has a great rep.
I bought a stick recently but still haven't used it, as we still haven't had any freezing weather yet...but as soon as I hear such a forecast I'd go ahead and use it.


A stick??

As I understand it, it used to be a stick, but was discontinued and now is a liquid, applied with a little sponge applicator.


That's what they call it: 1Z Einszett Rubber Care Stick Gummi Pflege

It even says stick on the label. It's like a shoe polish applicator.

 

[JHZR2]

Yes that silglyde or the napa packaged variant.

 

[yonyon]

The Gummi Bear Phlegm has been working perfectly on my door weatherstrip, but not so well on the roof. If I close it with standing water on the rubber seal and let it freeze it sticks.

If you like to close your door with a long coat hanging out, skip the silicone grease.

 

[harbor]

My 200 convertible spends it's winters parked outside, and I've had big problems with the doors, seals & window weather stripping freezing up. Haven't had good luck with 303 or Gummi Pflege, so I'm going to try silicone spray this Sat when it hits 40 here in MI.

 

[Ramblejam]

Originally Posted By: MoneyJohn
My goal is to protect the door seals and then lubricate them so that they do not shut me out for at least rest of the season.


$3.99 at Lowes -- the liquid (not aerosol version) has worked great for me on door seals.

 

[AMC]

Originally Posted By: MoneyJohn

Originally Posted By: AMC

As an alternative, A quick spray down with aerosol silicone spray, fluid film, ballistol or sil-glyde would would probably work even better.

Would like to confirm, you are talking about this product.

Again, thanks for all comments.


Yes that is correct. Although the silicone that the poster above me posted would work great and you wouldn't have to order it! Lowes carries that product and I have used it before. It is the best general purpose silicone lube I have tried. Get the ballistol if you are a gun owner and want to try some on guns and other things though.

 

[Falken]

Silicone Lubricating Compound that you provided the link for on the Wurth page is the correct product.

I got mine from an Acura dealership, they deal with Wurth for their consumables.

I use this product on door seals, caliper slider pins, trunk seals, and engine compartment seals.

I like it because it is simply a high quality silicone grease, you can even use it on battery terminals.

My favorite thing about it is you can visually see that the seals are still treated years after application. This stuff hangs around forever.

It is hard to spread, so I would just do it with rubber gloves on during the hottest summer day possible!

 

[Vikas]

Honda Shin Etsu is another good one for this application. It is expensive but worth it. It will last about 6 months in this application.

 

[Ducked]

Slightly off-topic, but I recently noticed quite bad corrosion in the channel that the rubber seal sits in, at the top of the rear door. Flakes of rust had built up to almost fill the channel, but were hidden beneath the rubber, which had compressed to accommodate them.

I gouged them out with a bit of aluminium arrow-shaft, then rubbed with aluminium foil on sunflower oil, before re-seating the rubber. Left much longer it'd have eaten through the door, but it wasn't very visible, so it might be worth having a close check.

I also use sunflower oil to protect the seals, but I can't really recommend it, since it gets a bit sticky, and anyway the conditions are completely different. Freezing, in particular, is never an issue here.