Re: [Shop-talk] Dum-Dum

[Eric Russell <ejrussell61@gmail.com>]

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Try an RV supplier.  There is probably an official name for it but I've
always called it dum-dum...

EjR

On Sun, Apr 5, 2026, 6:49 PM Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com> wrote:

> Working on my 50 year old Triumph Spitfire, and I'm looking for the sealer
> that is used between the master cylinder bracket and the firewall.  We
> always called it dum-dum.  It came in pencil-sized strips liked up on heavy
> waxed paper.
>
> But when I go to the FLAPS and ask for dum-dum, they look at me like I'm
> doomed sort of dum-dum.
>
> Is there another name for this stuff?
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026, 6:49 PM Jeff Scarbrough &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:fishplate@gmail.com";>fis=
hplate@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" =
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v dir=3D"auto">Working on my 50 year old Triumph Spitfire, and I&#39;m look=
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iv><div dir=3D"auto">But when I go to the FLAPS and ask for dum-dum, they l=
ook at me like I&#39;m doomed sort of dum-dum.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br><=
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