<VV> weather stripping removal

[kaczmarek at charter.net]

JR neglects to mention what to do if you still have good paint on the car, and don't want to destroy it. 

Remove any remaining weatherstrip from the car. 

Then use a HAIR DRYER, NOT A HEAT GUN----and a plastic scraper to remove as much of the material as you can---use scrapers that you would use to apply body filler to a car.   It won't scratch your paint. 

When you've removed as much as you can, then use some 3M Liquid Adhesive Remover (available at FLAPS or any body shop supply store)  to get the rest of the old adhesive and rubber bits off the body.   

Replace weatherstripping using 3M Super Black Weatherstrip Adhesive. 

Hank Kaczmarek
CSR/ Steele Rubber Products

---- J R Read <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net> wrote: 
> It depends, if it is crisp and disintegrating it just becomes a matter of 
> scraping it out with a flat blade screw driver - with maybe some help from a 
> wire wheel on a drill.  If it is nice and you are trying to save it, you 
> could try something called "release agent".  I don't know if that is at a 
> FLAPS, but you should be able to find it an upholstery shop.
> 
> Later, JR
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stephen Till" <still63 at att.net>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 1:41 PM
> Subject: <VV> weather stripping removal
> 
> 
> >I am getting ready to de-trim my LM for paint and just looked at the 
> >weather
> > stripping. Does anyone have a trick for removing weather strip? Thanks 
> > Steve
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