What is your favorite bramd of seam sealer?

[Jeremiah (jd)]

I have some sealing to do on the floor of the GTS after frame connector installation.

What are you folks using with good results. I typically use paintable seam sealer in a caulk tube. Any insight is appreciated : D

 

[RustyRatRod]

I have a friend right down the road who runs a restoration shop. He uses Lord Fusor self leveling sealer. It ain't cheap, but it works very well.

 

[RustyRatRod]

I just looked and Eastwood has their brand of self leveling sealer as well and it takes a standard caulking gun to apply. I don't have any experience with that brand, though.

 

[PROSTOCKTOM]

I like professional grade 3M products. Cheaper stuff just doesn't stick like the good quality stuff does.

Tom

 

[CFD244]

I can't recall the brand (proform maybe) 2K sealer. Taped the edges and smoothed it out with a little laquer thinner. Was not interested in the factory "sloppy" finish. Seems to be bullet proof so far.

 

[Super-Cuda]

I used this 3m product to get a more factory finish.

I used masking tape on each side to get a clean finish line.

https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/v000161688/

 

[barbee6043]

Any. I am stepping up when I get seam sealer instead of asphalt roof tar!!!!

 

[azaustin]

I like the 3M. I tape it and apply with a brush. It looks more factory but without the ragged lines. You can see how it lays out in the attached pictures. The black material is a sound deadener/undercoat material that works pretty well for me.

 

[Jeremiah (jd)]

3m it is! I have used sem and a few others but 3M was always my favorite.

 

[barbee6043]

Then you use seam sealer like you should, and if you ever go to sell it, all you hear is "don't know what in under the seam sealer, the paint? the undercoat!??" Of course, no one ever says that ever sell "their baby!"

 

[Jeremiah (jd)]

Then you use seam sealer like you should, and if you ever go to sell it, all you hear is "don't know what in under the seam sealer, the paint? the undercoat!??" Of course, no one ever says that ever sell "their baby!"

I'm going to beat this car into the ground and maybe my kids will restore it.

 

[andysauto1]

3m and lord fusor. The fusor has the best panel bond out there, pricey but good

 

[doug 371]

fusor dtm

 

[fishmens67]

I'm going to beat this car into the ground and maybe my kids will restore it.

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By that time it will be ready for the pretzel factory.

 

[mopowers]

This is the stuff I've been using for years:

Amazon.com: 3M Dynatron Brushable Gray Seam Sealer, 552, 1 qt : Automotive

I'm not sure if it's still available. I think I got it at O'reilly a long time ago. Like CFD244, I like to mask either side of the joint. It makes for a much cleaner final product. Once I pull the masking I also like to spray it with soapy water or simple green and "tool" it down with my finger. It makes it nice and smooth and knocks down the hard edges. Depending on the temperature though, you can only do a short section at a time because once it skins over, you can't "tool" it any longer.

Seriously though, on a floor pan anything you use will be better than nothing and you'll never see it.

 

[Jeremiah (jd)]

By that time it will be ready for the pretzel factory.

It's getting a bar at the end of the month : D

 

[fishmens67]

It's getting a bar at the end of the month : D

Nice

 

[Jeremiah (jd)]

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[azaustin]

Everyone should support Vocational Education. That’s its real name, by the way. STEM is just a “politically correct” name for it that was made up so people wouldn’t have to feel ashamed that their children were not “smart enough” for college. Now a lot of those kids who were “smart enough” can’t get a job and aren’t able to pay off their huge student loans. Not to worry. The kids who went on to become mechanics, electricians, plumbers, etc. will pay them off for them - because they are in a high tax bracket. I’m not criticizing college educations, because I worked my way through college on the money I was making as a mechanic. But we should encourage our kids to look for work they enjoy and that is meaningful to them. Many people go for that trophy degree and find out they can’t get a job, or they don’t like the profession. Thanks for your post.

 

[Jeremiah (jd)]

Vocational aArts is a legacy term. Our field engineer group at work participates in STEM presentations at the local Boys and Girls Club of America. I encourage anyone with free time to get involved and be a good example for young people interested in any facet of any industry. Secondary education is not a bad thing as long as it is focused on doing something productive. Personally my secondary education has paid off a thousand times over so I would be cautious painting the world with a broad brush.

As an example my wife was homeschooled and went to college when she was 16 and has a master's degree in Business something or another. She is a Dynamo when it comes to financial and organizational aspects of running a business. She is very practical and his never incurred any unremediated debt throughout her education.

Not that this has anything to do with seam sealer.

: D

 

[barbee6043]

If you love want you do to earn a living.. it is never really a job.
Sad is the person that judges it al on who has the most $$ or toys.

 

[Road Grabber]

Years ago I used Eastwood’s sealer. It was in a can and I brushed it on. No complaints.