panel van window seals

I bought various seals from http://sealsdirect.co.uk/ - a vast range including automotive-specific seals, and plastic-reinforced seals to replace old steel-reinforced.

Our van is a Dormobile van conversion, and I used their WR62 window seal (5mm on the glass side, 1.6mm on the metal side) for the fixed side windows.

 

2k rattle can example: https://www.riolettcustomaerosols.co.uk/2k-aerosol-spray-paint/

Clever!

 

First time I’ve seen those cans
But not much help the whole can setting eight hours later if your only painting small bits at a time

The normal cans are acrylic paint

 

Are you sure it’s 2k ?

 

did they seal buy themselves? or did you need to run some silicon to get them 100% water tight? all my seals have needed some silicon. the doormobiles roof window are the worst as they are like 2 little swimming pools with the roof closed.

 

I used black polyurethane sealant in the metal-side groove before installing. Makes a mess and you do need to fit the glass quite promptly as it gets harder as it goes off.

I didn't use anything on the glass side, and it seems to seal fine with a 5mm groove for 5mm glass.

Having said that, the front windscreen seal was leaking, so I squirted some Arbomast Autograde (http://www.arbo.co.uk/arbo-sealants/arbomast-autograde/) flexible into the glass-side joint and that worked perfectly. Next time I think I'd use this for the side and roof windows too, on both sides. It doesn't harden like polyurethane does, and it's much nicer to work with.

 

You want butyl rubber sealant if your going to put sealant under the rubber.

 

Why?

The Arbomast Autograde is definitely recommended by windscreen fitters, and it seals perfectly as it's designed to do.

 

Reading the description the arbomast sounds like butyl rubber sealant

It doesent full cure and remains pliable also there won’t be any future paint issues caused by using silicone
It’s easy to remove glass in the future where it’s difficult with polyurethane sealants
It’s easy to remove and clean up aswell

 

This is the one I used on my windscreen

 

Ah, I see, sorry misunderstood who you were replying to!

Certainly agree with avoiding silicone like the plague

 

Why would you avoid silicone? just curious as iv used on my roof windows and panel van windows. My roof windows have been 100% leak free for at a least a year now with no obvious problems.

 

Because silicone messes really badly with paint. It's fine so long as you don't get any on the paintwork