Gluing Silicone Rubber to steel

[robgraham]

Some time back I replaced the door seals on the hard top roof for my wife's Mazda sports car.

One of them wasn't really a satisfactory fit and I tacked into place with some glue - looks now like it was clear silicone but I don't know if it was an adhesive or just sealant. Anyway that side has come away

- the glue has stuck to both surfaces but has failed to hold, possibly the join line was just too wide.

Any suggestions for a more successful solution please - and I believe there is something that will help to take the existing off ?

Thanks Rob

[slider]

What's one of those then. Do you mean an MX-5?

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[Andy Dingley]

Sikaflex polyurethane. Boat chandler? Nearly a tenner a tube and doesn't store once opened, but it does the business for this. Also holds aluminium body panels onto steel subframe vehicles, like my Rangie.

[JimK]

also holds/seals my conservatory timber sections together *very* well

Tis feckin sticky stuff but IME excesses can be cleaned off with Armor All Orange Oil car wipes like

expect there are other possibilities but those worked really well and smelt nice and nice on the hands etc

cheers

JimK

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Andy Dingley saying something like:

often have it, but not listed.

[robgraham]

Thanks GC - now that you've pointed me in the right direction, I remember that there is a guy not that far away who does refurbishment of older vehicles and I'll pop in and see him.

Rob