[T3] My Car Has Cancer.

[Mike Fisher]

www.towerpaint.com will mix up touch up and rattle can paints in
original VW colors.

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Dave Hall <dave at hallvw.clara.co.uk> wrote:
> The outside of the window seal hardens with time and u/v exposure, but the
> inside may still be fairly flexible.
>
> If the rust has got under the rubber, it distorts the seal when the rust
> expands as it forms.
>
> You really need to get to all the rusty area and clean it all off (use a
> Dremel maybe?), treat the metal with a rust killer, and give a good few
> applications of primer, and colour touch up.  That will probably last a few
> years.
>
> If you can't get to remove all the rust without removing the rubber and
> glass, that's what you'll have to do.
>
> When you've finished whatever repair youm have had to do, it would be worth
> getting some sealer between the rubber and the body.  You can buy a thin
> liquid that you run in between the surfaces.  If the rubber is split, you
> may need something thicker and black coloured.
>
> Dave.
> UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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> Subject: [T3] My Car Has Cancer.
>
> I've got some pretty serious looking rust.  It's at the bottom of the rear,
> right side window.  I'm assuming it is from rubber failure.
>
> I'm not in a situation where I can to a proper paint job.  I'm hoping I can
> just sand it off and primer the spot.  My concern is that it is from the
> rubber failure.  It looks like the original rubber.  I'm afraid that if I
> take out the window to get all the rust I will ruin the rubber.
>
> Can I just use some silicone sealer as a temporary, but really long term,
> patch for the seal?
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