Sealant?

[SimonKD]

Hi All

What's the Matt black sealant called, the stuff around the rear light lenses and various other places? Just want to re-do some of mine for cosmetic reasons. Also where can I get it from?

[optimax sniffer]

Try your local TVR body shop. They would either have it in stock and sell you some or know where you could get it from.

[pjenni12]

You can use black silicon sealant from any DIY store or the stuff the coachbuilders use is called Sikaflex. That stuff sticks anything like st to a blanket.

[SimonKD]

pjenni12 said:

You can use black silicon sealant from any DIY store or the stuff the coachbuilders use is called Sikaflex. That stuff sticks anything like st to a blanket.

The stuff from DIY stores seems to be a glossy black texture. I really want the Matt stuff. Where can I get Sikaflex from and does it come in a tube?

Regards
Simon

[Nefarious]

SimonKD said:

The stuff from DIY stores seems to be a glossy black texture. I really want the Matt stuff. Where can I get Sikaflex from and does it come in a tube?

The Sikaflex I got was white. I'm sure there's black stuff out there too, but I didn't get the option. As an aside, I found Sikaflex a bit of a pain to work with - it's quite liquid at first (and not very adhesive), and sticks to absolutely everything, which means its very easy it end up with it covering everything within a 5m radius of whatever you're working on!

WRT the DIY shop stuff - there are two kinds. There's black bathroom sealant which is more glossy, and there external window sealant which is a duller colour. Both tend to dull a bit after initial application anyway.

Edited by Nefarious on Tuesday 3rd June 11:11

[SimonKD]

Nefarious said:

SimonKD said:

The stuff from DIY stores seems to be a glossy black texture. I really want the Matt stuff. Where can I get Sikaflex from and does it come in a tube?

The Sikaflex I got was white. I'm sure there's black stuff out there too, but I didn't get the option.

WRT the DIY shop stuff - there are two kinds. There's black bathroom sealant which is more glossy, and there external window sealant which is a duller colour. Both tend to dull a bit after initial application anyway.

Thanks, I'll check out some outdoor black window sealant at B&Q or the like.

Regards
Simon

[Extra 300 Driver]

Its seam sealant, just ask for black seam sealer at you local motor factors. I did this when I needed to reseal my windscreen.

[rev-erend]

You need sikaflex 255

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sika-Flex-Sikaflex-255-adhes...

[Mr Freefall]

rev-erend said:

You need sikaflex 255

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sika-Flex-Sikaflex-255-adhes...

you can also use this to re-seal the cam covers, as they do not have gaskets. Make sure you do not over use it however...

Mr F

[rev-erend]

You would be better off with silicon sealant for cam covers - as it does not set hard.. unlike the sikaflex.

[ridds]

I have a source for the original Matt Black sealant that TVR used to assemble the cars.