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Again frozen door weatherstriip.
We've had some icy misty foggy nights here in NJ.
My door weatherstripping on my 2002 Protege had some minor problems with being frozen to the door frame. In the fall I used a rag and sprayed it liberally with Permatex silicone and wiped several times the weatherstripping and door frame where it makes contact. I even did it TWICE. I still had minor problems with freezing. God forbid I had NOT used the silicone. Yet my 92 Toyota PU has NO problems with sticking with NOTHING done to it and parked right next to one another. Suggestions ?????? TIA |
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Again frozen door weatherstriip.
I'd try WD-40 I believe it will leave just a trace of lubricant. If that
doesn't work, I'd do something crazy like wiping a thin film of Vaseline. I said crazy! Probably work though. Chris 99BBB "Zing" > wrote in message oups.com... > We've had some icy misty foggy nights here in NJ. > My door weatherstripping on my 2002 Protege had some minor problems > with being frozen to the door frame. > > In the fall I used a rag and sprayed it liberally with Permatex > silicone and wiped several times the weatherstripping and door frame > where it makes contact. I even did it TWICE. > > I still had minor problems with freezing. God forbid I had NOT used the > silicone. > > Yet my 92 Toyota PU has NO problems with sticking with NOTHING done to > it and parked right next to one another. > > Suggestions ?????? > TIA > |
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Again frozen door weatherstriip.
Oil based lubricants can make things worse in the long term. They tend to
cause the rubber to soften (OK) and become sticky (Not so good) It depends on the seal composition. Cleaning the seals and the mating surface, as well as waxing the mating surface may help. The really old seals were happiest when talcum powder was applied. (A bit messy though) "Chris D'Agnolo" > wrote in message ... > I'd try WD-40 I believe it will leave just a trace of lubricant. If that > doesn't work, I'd do something crazy like wiping a thin film of Vaseline. I > said crazy! Probably work though. > > Chris > 99BBB > > "Zing" > wrote in message > oups.com... > > We've had some icy misty foggy nights here in NJ. > > My door weatherstripping on my 2002 Protege had some minor problems > > with being frozen to the door frame. > > > > In the fall I used a rag and sprayed it liberally with Permatex > > silicone and wiped several times the weatherstripping and door frame > > where it makes contact. I even did it TWICE. > > > > I still had minor problems with freezing. God forbid I had NOT used the > > silicone. > > > > Yet my 92 Toyota PU has NO problems with sticking with NOTHING done to > > it and parked right next to one another. > > > > Suggestions ?????? > > TIA > > > > |
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