Captain Tolley's sealent

[daverclasper]

Hi. Has anyone used this (or an alternative "seek and seal" type product) and if so, did it work. It's for rear window seal on Vitesse, which is a bit tired.

Also, has anyone got a good offside one for sale (bit pricey new and maybe not good quality?.)

Thanks, Dave   

[martin62]

I have used it on a boat and on my motorhome windows, but not on a car.

 

In general it seals fine line cracks and gaps very well (for example if rubbers or gaskets have dried out and cracked), but if the crack is big enough to see through then it is runny enough to simply flow through without sealing.

[daverclasper]

Thanks Martin. Sounds like it could well work on mine.

Dave

[Pete Lewis]

in the factory these are all sealed with black bostic  effectively sold in places like BQ as gutter sealant 

cheap malleable , fills everthing , pipe it in with  a cartridge gun,  scrape of excess wipe off wit h white spirit

 pipe it into the seal with a cartridge gun   at    £2.28p   enough for about 3 cars 

[daverclasper]

Thanks Pete. I did use the gutter sealant, though found it didn't bond to the glass after a bit (It was only £1.00 a tube, so maybe why?).

Have used it within areas of paint etc and has been good for that.

Cheers, Dave

 

[Colin Lindsay]

Don't buy the stuff from 'Around a Pound' or the like... it's rubbish. Go for the slightly more expensive stuff ie twice that and it instantly feels better, and certainly bonds better.

[martin62]

Again from my motorhome usage, I recommend the Tremco sealants in particular Vulkem 116, the windows in our Airstream are held in with it!

For more general purpose sealant (e.g. running a bead between panels when bolting together) I use Sikaflex 221.

 

[Pete Lewis]

thats good for bonded but triumphs are not bonded , its in a soft rubber seal needs some degree of flexibility 

its old fashioned glass, rubber and metal in no particular order

need gunge not glue 

Pete

 

[martin62]

8 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said:

thats good for bonded but triumphs are not bonded , its in a soft rubber seal needs some degree of flexibility 

its old fashioned glass, rubber and metal in no particular order

need gunge not glue 

Pete

 

My Airstream is the same Pete, the screens aren't bonded, they are regular glass, rubber gasket with a locking bead, on to metal. The body is aluminium and so the rubber to metal needs a little help and the Vulkem is a non-setting/semi flex polyurethane mastic that is messy to work with but does a good job.