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My old truck door seals have been compressed from the doors being shut for so long. I want to help "puff" them up so I was going to use mineral oil. They also stick so opening the doors takes more effort than my wife can do. Is there a better way?
If the seals are old, the rubber has lost its resiliency. I doubt anything will bring back the sponginess of the seals. You could try a heat gun, however, I would expect them to need replacement.
My old truck door seals have been compressed from the doors being shut for so long. I want to help "puff" them up so I was going to use mineral oil. They also stick so opening the doors takes more effort than my wife can do. Is there a better way?
I don't know of anything that will "puff" up your door seals, and you might not like my suggestion, but GM makes a product available in most dealers parts dept called Silicone Emulsion. We used to use this in the bodyshop. It may take several treatments, but it will rejuvenate hardened door seals, windshield rubbers, etc. One local guy I mentioned this product years ago passed the info on to one of his club members, and he treated the windshield rubbers on his car, initially, they had cracks in them you could catch a fingernail on. Took a number of treatments, but when he was done, the cracks were no longer visible.
Personally, if they were that bad, I'd just swap them out for new ones, but just an anecdotal example of the product.......Acdelco
I don't know of anything that will "puff" up your door seals, and you might not like my suggestion, but GM makes a product available in most dealers parts dept called Silicone Emulsion. We used to use this in the bodyshop. It may take several treatments, but it will rejuvenate hardened door seals, windshield rubbers, etc. One local guy I mentioned this product years ago passed the info on to one of his club members, and he treated the windshield rubbers on his car, initially, they had cracks in them you could catch a fingernail on. Took a number of treatments, but when he was done, the cracks were no longer visible.
Personally, if they were that bad, I'd just swap them out for new ones, but just an anecdotal example of the product.......Acdelco
SILICONE EMULSION
SKU 10953014 (replaces 992877)
Anyone ever tried this product on a padded dash? Will it soften a 66 padded dash?
