Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:44:24 +0000
Reply-To: Bill Shawley <easywind1975@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Bill Shawley <easywind1975@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Creepy white/tan powder inside windshield rubber
In-Reply-To: <4A91B999.4070203@gmail.com>
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Kinda looks like the stuff that grows on my poptop felt...
> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:50:17 -0700
> From: camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: Creepy white/tan powder inside windshield rubber
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
> It dissolves in water. Which suggests salt. Tastes kinda salty, too, with
> a soupçon of rubber. Yum.
>
> So - how the heck did the lower rim of the windshield inside rubber get a
> carpet of salt on it? Nearest ocean is about 200 miles away, over 1-1/2
> mountain ranges. I don't know if they use salt on the roads here in Bend,
> Oregon. I did just go through our first winter here.
>
> But regardless, the salt on the windshield grommet extends the full width
> of the windshield, not just at the dash vent opening. So it's not some
> kind of inhaled salt solution; AND the encrustation is only on the rubber,
> nowhere else.
>
> Again, here's the link to the two pictures:
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/j.michael.elliott/Vanagon#
>
> Rubber leaching salt baffles science.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
>
>
>
> On 8/20/2009 1:33 PM Kim Brennan wrote:
>
> > If the stuff dissolves in water, it might be salt. Fungus is another
> > possibility, it does look a bit like the rubber is degraded nearby it.
> > Rubber does deteriorate over time. I'm not sure of the exact material
> > used in these gaskets, if they are true rubber or some synthetic.
> > Different materials break down differentially (my experience with these
> > window gaskets is that a wipe down with a cloth turns the cloth black,
> > very quickly, whereas new gaskets don't do that.)
> >
> > On Aug 20, 2009, at 3:54 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> >
> >> Here's some photos of the creepy white/tan powdery schmutz on the
> >> windshield rubber. Please see the rightmost two pictures. Note that this
> >> stuff does NOT appear on any other rubbers, nor is it on the sides or
> >> upper portion of the windshield rubber. This portion of the rubber
> >> receives a lot of sunlight, but the outside portion isn't affected
> >> similarly.
> >>
> >> http://picasaweb.google.com/j.michael.elliott/Vanagon#
> >>
> >> Ideas?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> >> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> >> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> >> Bend, OR
> >> KG6RCR
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 8/19/2009 11:27 AM Jeff Lincoln wrote:
> >>
> >>> Mr. Squirrel,
> >>>
> >>> I wonder if this is the remnant of some kind of seal epoxy or
> >>> lubricant used
> >>> to install the window. Then again you think it would be common if
> >>> that were
> >>> the case.
> >>>
> >>> Does the windshiled appear to be leaking during rain? Is this the
> >>> original
> >>> window seal?
> >>>
> >>> I'm just throwing that out there because - well I'm curious to see where
> >>> this goes. I've never experienced it.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Jeff
> >>> '90 Carat (Grover)
> >>> '86 (We call this one Parts)
> >>> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
> >>>
> >
> >
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