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how do I restore a ruber car seal?
smart51 - 8/7/09 at 12:58 PM

Some of the rubber seals on my car are starting to show signs of age. What stuff can I put on them to rejuvenate them? I've just been to Halfords for something else and what met with blank stares.


Mr Whippy - 8/7/09 at 01:01 PM

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Originally posted by smart51
I've just been to Halfords for something else and what met with blank stares.


why, did you ask for a bleeding nipple?

Back to black trim cleaner is good for rubber seals though in the past it was recommended to use chalk or talcum powder


omega0684 - 8/7/09 at 01:03 PM

is the rubber perishing ir does it just LOOK a bit worse for where. if its perishing surely you'll need to replace the seal.


smart51 - 8/7/09 at 01:21 PM

One seal looks a bit crazed on the surface but is sound underneath. A few of the others just look a bit tired. I'd heard there was something that would make the seals supple again and generally halt the ageing process for a while.


pewe - 8/7/09 at 01:30 PM

If you can find some try Amorall, an American product which protects and renovates all manner of seals etc.
HTH.
Cheers, Pewe.


02GF74 - 8/7/09 at 01:37 PM

Frosts sell some stuffs that you can paint on and other stuffs that allows you to copy original ruber(?) part by taking a mould then using the sutffs, it comes in different hardnessessesses too - but only in black.


BenB - 8/7/09 at 02:05 PM

yup, frost is your friend here!


britishtrident - 8/7/09 at 02:06 PM

STP "Sun of a Gun" basically is just tangerine oil


Land Locked - 8/7/09 at 07:18 PM

Glycerine is rumored to work well.