Sealant to use on painted metal van body
I have an older camper van E-150 and want to reseal some of the metal vents and covers on the side of the van. The vents and covers are screwed down to the body using what appear to be sheet metal ty...
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classic 31 wrote:
Where you buy the vents at. They also sell a roll of caulking. It is about 1 in wide it is used on RV windows It used to be called Butal tape.you just put a strip down and set the vent or window on it and screw it down you will see the tape start to squeeze out the edge.
Butyl tape is BY FAR the best way to seal a vent/window, but you have to remove it ! Clean all of the old goop off, place buytl tape around the edge and screw it in. It you are really paranoid, take a tiny piece of tape and wrap it under the screw head and around the threads. Take any left over pieces of the butyl that squeeze out, wad them up and put it in a zip lock bag. The stuff lasts FOREVER !
If you are going this far, use stainless steel screws. Cheap on eBay.
