What is this door panel adhesive?
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What is this door panel adhesive?
I'm doing a bit of electrical work in the doors. Under the interior trim of the door panel is this gooey gasket/adhesive stuff. What is it?
It's purpose is to hold this plastic weather sheet in place.
It's purpose is to hold this plastic weather sheet in place.
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It reduces air movement and noise in the cabin when at speed. If you clean the door and plastic up real good, you could always use some extra strong duck tape to repair some minor rips.
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Re: What is this door panel adhesive?
I know what the plastic sheeting is, I'm talking about the adhesive that holds it on. Is it gasket material? HondaBond? etc
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Re: What is this door panel adhesive?
It's called butyl tape. You can purchase it at most hardware stores. It's not really so much tape as a long strip of semi-solid gooey, sticky, tacky stuff that never quite dries and sticks to everything it touches. I'd recommend gloves for handling it... seriously, it's about as bad as pine pitch.
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Re: What is this door panel adhesive?
http://3mcollision.com/3m-strip-calk-08578-black.html
For the plastic sheeting you can get it at Honda but thick plastic sheeting is WAY cheaper from your local hardware store and will serve the same purpose.
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Re: What is this door panel adhesive?
Not exactly, its called a vapor (moisture) barrier. Since basically water drains through your door it keeps moisture vapor from penetrating into the vehicle. 3M strip caulk is one of the best to use for the adhesive, its about $12 for 60'.
http://3mcollision.com/3m-strip-calk-08578-black.html
For the plastic sheeting you can get it at Honda but thick plastic sheeting is WAY cheaper from your local hardware store and will serve the same purpose.
http://3mcollision.com/3m-strip-calk-08578-black.html
For the plastic sheeting you can get it at Honda but thick plastic sheeting is WAY cheaper from your local hardware store and will serve the same purpose.
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Re: What is this door panel adhesive?
Hey thanks guys! I'm thinking about not even replacing that plastic. I used a heat gun and got all the old adhesive off. But my car isn't a daily, it's garage kept...so it never sees rain or snow. Only time moisture gets on it is when I wash it. So I'm thinking it's not even worth replacing?
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Re: What is this door panel adhesive?
Cheap insurance for rust no matter where you live. Moisture can just as easily get into your vehicle from sitting in a garage with humidity and changing climates. I mean at the most it might cost you $10 for some plastic and a similar putty.
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I have a tube of the oem caulking. If you can wait a few days I can get the part number for you.
edit: nevermind. 08712-0003 is the part number. it is literally in a caulking tube.
edit: nevermind. 08712-0003 is the part number. it is literally in a caulking tube.
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Re: What is this door panel adhesive?
Yea, some good caulk is just as effective as the butyl tape and far cheaper. As for the moisture barrier, the last time i replaced mine, i just used an old plastic shower curtain, traced an outline of the old one with a sharpie and cut it out with some scissors. Then stuck it on there using some urethane floor adhesive caulk.
so a window and frame of an rv or between panels of an rv are ideal as there is a front and back frame that have a physical fastening device to hold everything in place. Butyl is not effective in extreme cold or heat, i think most becomes very fluid at 180 deg f. Most cars can achieve 180 plus in the sun and only having the plastic pushed into this wouldn't hold very well and would eventually sluff off making the system less effective. Also it would goo up pretty easily and run probably clogging the weep holes that allow water to escape the door panel creating a greater chance of the doors rotting out. my $.02
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