Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 14:20:54 -0800
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: Glen Buhlmann <gbuhlman@direct.ca>
Subject: WCM Roof Seals (minus the Kool Seal)
Well, last weekend we took the old rubber seals off of Lief's roof. They
were still in fair conditions but we wanted to recover the roof with Kool
Seal and I had already purchased new seals for Fritz (before he had his
unfortunate accident).
So I scrubbed the roof with a wire brush, nylon scouring pads, and TSP.
As I look at the hamburger meat that used to be my hands I think that
maybe it would have been wise to wear gloves. But it was a warm sunny
weekend and us Vancouverites lose all use of brain cells when the spring
sunshine arrives so....
Anyway, it camer pretty clean. I was surprised because it had really
looked like crap before (almost completely dark brown and black). So
Idecided to put some bleach on it and leave it for an hour or so. When I
rinsed it off it was almost completely white!!! So I just washed it
again to get rid of any risidual bleach and stood back to admire the
work.
As a result I decided not to use the Kool Seal because it already looked
great and I didn't want to risk making it look worse.
On Sunday I put the new seals on. They work great except that I'm not
too pleased with the way the flat seal across the top of the poptop meets
up with the one that goes all the way around (with an alumininum clip in
it). The seals that were on there seemed to be one piece or they were
vulcanized together or something like that. I guess they were the
original Westfalia seals???
Anyway, Lief looks great now. New-looking white roof, new curtains. As
soon as I get some pictures taken I'll scan them and put them up on the
web (wish I had taken before pictures; Doh!).
So if anyone in the Vancouver area wants Kool Seal (2 quarts) and Kool
Patch Fibreglass (1 roll) and Cement (1 quart), drop me a line.
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