Re: [Shop-talk] Dum-Dum

[Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com>]

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Thanks, everyone.  Looks like "body strip caulk" is the keyword I was
looking for.  Got some on the way.

On Sun, Apr 5, 2026, 13:16 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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<div dir=3D"auto">Thanks, everyone.=C2=A0 Looks like &quot;body strip caulk=
&quot; is the keyword I was looking for.=C2=A0 Got some on the way.=C2=A0=
=C2=A0</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 5, 2026, 13:16 Jeff Scarbrough &l=
t;<a href=3D"mailto:fishplate@gmail.com";>fishplate@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:=
<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;bord=
er-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">Working on my 50=
 year old Triumph Spitfire, and I&#39;m looking for the sealer that is used=
 between the master cylinder bracket and the firewall.=C2=A0 We always call=
ed it dum-dum.=C2=A0 It came in pencil-sized strips liked up on heavy waxed=
 paper.=C2=A0=C2=A0<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">But when I=
 go to the FLAPS and ask for dum-dum, they look at me like I&#39;m doomed s=
ort of dum-dum.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Is there=
 another name for this stuff?=C2=A0=C2=A0</div></div>
</blockquote></div>

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