Dum Dum Alternatives

[StagnJag]

I'm sure this subject has come up before, but I can't find anything definitive from the search.

Has anyone got a recommendation for a dum-dum like sealant that seals, but doesn't set and act like an adhesive? I have just dismantled my heater and I will want to re-assemble it in such a way that it will be possible to dismantle it again should I ever need to!

Cheers

Dave

[GDPR]

Errrrrr Dum Dum??

[jleyton]

Errrrrr Dum Dum??

Errrrrrrr...... where from Russ ?

Cheers

Julian

[GDPR]

If you are that worried about dumdum setting, just apply to one side and then give the other face a light squirt of silicone spray so the dumdum squidges but doesnt stick....

[GDPR]

I can still buy it up here matey.... Is it no longer available or something? Something I've not been told? Again?

[jleyton]

I'm sure this subject has come up before, but I can't find anything definitive from the search.

Has anyone got a recommendation for a dum-dum like sealant that seals, but doesn't set and act like an adhesive? I have just dismantled my heater and I will want to re-assemble it in such a way that it will be possible to dismantle it again should I ever need to!

Cheers

Dave

Hi Dave,

Sam (Staginhiding) found something a bit similar on a roll. It was more 'plasticky' and a bit less mouldable but not too bad a substitute.

Thing is, I don't know what it's called or where he got it. Sam ?

Cheers

C

[GDPR]

Didnt know it had gone out of production - I believe I know where I can buy some so will be going out monday to clear the shelves.

Meantime, this should do it Dave.... http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/c-121-putty.aspx

[jleyton]

Didnt know it had gone out of production - I believe I know where I can buy some so will be going out monday to clear the shelves.

Hi Russ,

If you get some can I swap a can for all the bits I've got for you ? Nothing beats the original

Cheers

Julian

[StagnJag]

Thanks Russ, I will order some up shortly.

It has been out of production since 2010 I think. General info available seems to suggest that one of its ingredients was banned by the EU and that Eldro's attempts at an alternative didn't wor well so they withdrew it. That makes sense as the dum dum I put on my heater a year or two ago which was one of the later batches has gone soft and sticky. (There is actually a tin on ebay for £50 at the moment!!!) 321073472134

Rgds

Dave

[GDPR]

If I am able to, thats a definite Julian. I will need to get some to do the Sports Six bodywork anyway - so bloody many bolt on bits....

[KOY 23]

It's been at Stoneleigh for the few years.

[redstag]

Search for 'butyl strip' on ebay and you will find several suitable products such as :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BOLT-ON-PANEL-SEALER-BUTYL-TAPE-ROLL-STRIP-SEALANT-BONDING-CARS-BOATS-VANS-/280998818227?pt=UK_Body_Shop_Supplies_Paint&hash=item416cd5b1b3&_uhb=1

I much prefer this material to dum dum.

Pete

[milothedog]

I can still buy it up here matey.... Is it no longer available or something? Something I've not been told? Again?

If you can buy it Russ, buy it all. I managed to get a 500ml tin last year after talking a mate of mine (who is a motor factor) in to ringing round all his mates and suppliers and he found 1 tin.

Ian.

[Firept]

I have found a Buytl rubber sealant in "gunable" form (Everbuild 145 Butyl Rubber sealant is similar) and does not harden.
DumDum has gone from the market so If you can get any original tins Russ then it could be your pension sorted looking at the price on fleaybay, I've got about 1/2 a tin left.
I used the Buytl on the doors of my SEAT as they suffer the same problems as the A4 and Golf in that they leak into the car and you get soggy mats its survived the winter so far.

Paul.

[milothedog]

Dave,

This would do it and would be easy to apply from a mastic gun frame, I used it, on the advise of someone, to seal the chrome work on my car.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/3M-Windscreen-Sealer-Cartridge-08509/dp/B0002KKVDY

There is also a product called Glasticord which comes on a roll. it's a preformed thin, round continuous sealing strip that is non setting, it is used for sealing bolt on car panels etc.

Ian.

(I do have a new unopened tin of Dum Dum which I am now taking Sealed bids on)

Ian