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Black goop?

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 10:15 pm
by gslender
Hi,

Do you know what the black goop is that sticks the door plastic skin protector to the door frame? I've got new ones and wanted to clean off and reapply some new stuff but don't know what this sticky junk is?

G

Re: Black goop?

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:23 am
by Regie
sikaflex

Re: Black goop?

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:24 am
by NitroDann
Lol, no its not.
But Id replace it with sikaflex.

Dann

Re: Black goop?

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:52 am
by rob323
It's butyl. A bitumen based product, horrid as all hell.
Most polyurethane, silicone or acrylic sealants will work.

Re: Black goop?

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 12:05 pm
by slug_dub
What's an appropriate cleaner to remove Butyl?

Re: Black goop?

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 12:10 pm
by rob323
Any solvent will do it. I recently dynamat'ed my doors.
I scraped as much of that crap off with a putty knife, then dissolved the rest with thinners, then gave it a final bath with brake clean.