Re: [TR] Fo8 Sealants Question and List Responses

[Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>]

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3M makes (or at least sells a branded version of) butyl rubber strip caulk,
too.  I have a pack in my sealants tote.

On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 1:37 PM <keithstewart@bell.net> wrote:

> ... sounds like Eastwood's flexible strip caulk.
> https://www.eastwood.com/ew-flexible-strip-caulk-bk-2-lbs.html
>
> Keith
>
> Keith Stewart
> keithstewart@bell.net
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com>
> Sent: February 8, 2021 8:23 PM
> To: John Macartney <John.Macartney@ukpips.org.uk>
> Cc: Triumph List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [TR] Fo8 Sealants Question and List Responses
>
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 11:59 AM John Macartney <
> John.Macartney@ukpips.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> > I do recall some manuals and service bulletins called for a sealant
> called DumDum - and of course, few people if any outside the U.K. have ever
> heard of DumDum. Even this list has speculated on it!
>
> Huh.  I worked for a VW dealer in Atlanta, and we used plenty of Dumdum.
> I always figured it was a slang term, as I never saw the box it came in.
>
> What I call Dumdum was sheets of wax paper with eight or so rods of
> soft, semi-sticky sealant like modeling clay side by side.     Looked
> like a box of skinny black pencils.
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">3M makes (or at least sells a branded version of) butyl ru=
bber strip caulk, too.=C2=A0 I have a pack in my sealants tote.=C2=A0=C2=A0=
</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">=
On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 1:37 PM &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:keithstewart@bell.net"=
>keithstewart@bell.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q=
uote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,2=
04);padding-left:1ex">... sounds like Eastwood&#39;s flexible strip caulk.<=
br>
<a href=3D"https://www.eastwood.com/ew-flexible-strip-caulk-bk-2-lbs.html"; =
rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://www.eastwood.com/ew-flexible-s=
trip-caulk-bk-2-lbs.html</a><br>
<br>
Keith<br>
<br>
Keith Stewart<br>
<a href=3D"mailto:keithstewart@bell.net"; target=3D"_blank">keithstewart@bel=
l.net</a><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Jeff Scarbrough &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:fishplate@gmail.com"; target=3D"=
_blank">fishplate@gmail.com</a>&gt; <br>
Sent: February 8, 2021 8:23 PM<br>
To: John Macartney &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:John.Macartney@ukpips.org.uk"; targ=
et=3D"_blank">John.Macartney@ukpips.org.uk</a>&gt;<br>
Cc: Triumph List &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_=
blank">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: Re: [TR] Fo8 Sealants Question and List Responses<br>
<br>
On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 11:59 AM John Macartney &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:John.M=
acartney@ukpips.org.uk" target=3D"_blank">John.Macartney@ukpips.org.uk</a>&=
gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I do recall some manuals and service bulletins called for a sealant ca=
lled DumDum - and of course, few people if any outside the U.K. have ever h=
eard of DumDum. Even this list has speculated on it!<br>
<br>
Huh.=C2=A0 I worked for a VW dealer in Atlanta, and we used plenty of Dumdu=
m.=C2=A0 I always figured it was a slang term, as I never saw the box it ca=
me in.<br>
<br>
What I call Dumdum was sheets of wax paper with eight or so rods of<br>
soft, semi-sticky sealant like modeling clay side by side.=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0Looked<br>
like a box of skinny black pencils.<br>
<br>
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