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. >>> |
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