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68Zproject

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sealing compound
« on: June 25, 2009, 12:11:56 AM »
Did the factory use the grey thin ropes that I always called dum dum, for sealing the door water shields and the air vents in the kick panel?  Or did they use black in some places, grey in others etc?
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Re: sealing compound
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2009, 12:31:07 AM »
My '69 has grey on the door water shields, can't say about the kick panels.

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Re: sealing compound
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2009, 01:47:14 PM »
The compound I have seen on Kick panels had a tan appearance. This was on two vehicles both 68 with AC. Other smay be able to confirm or disprov ethis. I believe that neither of these vehicles had the panles out previously. This is the only part I have seen Tan on however.
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Re: sealing compound
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2009, 08:10:16 PM »
It was very close to the gray 3M Dum Dum but it had a string in it, presumably to help with handling the stuff. You can use the 3M strip caulk in a box to be very close to original minus the string. Plumbers putty works well too.  :)

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Re: sealing compound
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2009, 09:59:02 PM »
This is what I use and was also recommended on another thread.
3M strip caulk part#08578 black
You can get it at pretty much any automotive supplies dealer , Napa, O'reilly etc.
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Re: sealing compound
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2009, 06:22:49 AM »
I had an SS in H.S. and it was only 6 years old so most of the stuff was original.  The kick panel had grey sealer but there was black on the door shields.  I just wondered if there was a specific kind for certain areas or if they just used both or whatever was available.  I know there is a lot that we know about the assembly process, but some of these little details are scarce it seems.  I would like to know what people that restore cars use for a reference to get all these details.
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Re: sealing compound
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2009, 08:05:02 PM »
On my car kick panels were sealed with grey seam sealer from a tube and dries hard.  See photo.  It's available from auto body shops in a caulk tube. The dum dum was used on the water shields and lower window track bolt.  Strip Caulk is the same stuff.

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