Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted April 5, 2007 Leadership Team Share Posted April 5, 2007 Is black silicon sealant available, and if so any pointers on where? Now that I'm finally refitting all my newly powder coated interior panels it would be a better job if I could seal the necessary edges with black silicon instead of the usual translucent. Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony C Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Halfords - it's made by Loctyte BRG Brooklands SV 😬 It seems that perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to take away. (Antoine de Saint-Exupery) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Perry Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 All the DIY shops should sell it for Black guttering. I certainly bought some recently to fix a leak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbutnotslow Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Homebase do it for sure Grant Taylor - OBNS Motorsport 😬 183 BHP of Black and 'Stone Chip' excitement. 😬 Visit the Golden Jubilee website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted April 5, 2007 Author Leadership Team Share Posted April 5, 2007 So it's that simple Many thanks - off shopping then! Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie Normuss Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Yep, Homebase is where I got mine 18 months ago VX HPC - Loud and proud here Watch out, whatever hits the fan will not be distributed evenly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheds Moderator Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 I would use black panel seal, it's for cars, it's more plastic in the physical sense than silicone, and you can dismantle it in years to come with a screwdriver. Easier to work too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S. Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 ....or here if you dont wat to leave your armchair! http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=62431&ts=69136 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted April 5, 2007 Author Leadership Team Share Posted April 5, 2007 Steve - do you mean something such as one of the Wurth products I'm already up to my eyeballs in "DumDum" which I'm pasting between the chassis tubes and the panels! Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Tigerseal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheds Moderator Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Stu, Dum Dum is good stuff but that stays like putty for years, maybe for ever. I got a material called Sintofer in France, it was sold as a car sealant and they also sold underseal etc under the same brand, the stuff was not silicone based and behaved quite a lot like thick underseal though it appeared to be oil resistant. There are large blobs of it stopping rainwater going up your leg when you drive my 7, and somewhere in France there is a 2CV with an obviously handmade and welded-in floorpan stuck together with the stuff. Anything that reduces the time I have to spend grinding welds smooth is a bonus. 😬 It's good gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheds Moderator Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 here will give you the spec sheet. Isn't the net great? Sadly it's in French but it's a polyurethane based body joint sealer ("joint carrosserie") which is made for exactly this purpose. Black and white versions exist. I'm sure the equivalent in UK is available. I much prefer it to silicone which is the Devil's snot. For a start the working time is great and you can play with it for longer. It even responds to the wet finger trick. Jesus though, wear gloves or you will have black hands for ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Walker Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Silicon is bad news when used between the chassis tubes and the ali skin. The curing agent acetic acid starts off the corrosion job just where you don`t want it. caterham/arch use silkoflex/tiger seal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted April 5, 2007 Author Leadership Team Share Posted April 5, 2007 Rob, on my car there was nothing used between the chassis tubes and the skin other than some sealant around the lower (floor mostly) joins where water ingress is likely, and a few other limited areas. I'm using a thin film of Dum Dum to isolate the chassis tubes from the panels with a view to slowing the corrosive action and preventing the annoying vibrations that appear over time. The sealant, I need is for the obvious leak areas! Maybe I'll avoid silicon then - possibly something such as Sikaflex 291 would be the most effective? Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted April 5, 2007 Author Leadership Team Share Posted April 5, 2007 Or maybe this stuff? Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickrick Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 Polyurethane, better job Semper in excreta solum profundum variat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 Rob Walker said it, but this relates to house/diy silicone, car products are not acidic and ideal for the job. X/FLOW 1700 DD 1990 ROAD USE ONLY..SO FAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted April 6, 2007 Author Leadership Team Share Posted April 6, 2007 So maybe some joint sealer then from Frosts? I'm glad I asked early - there's obviously a lot of different views on the best stuff to use Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheds Moderator Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Morning Stu, are you still looking for black sealant? I have an unopened tube of the French stuff in the shed that you can have for an NtL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted April 13, 2007 Author Leadership Team Share Posted April 13, 2007 YHM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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