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Dead 1 Tue May 09, 2006 7:42 am

After fighting with one side of the buses jalousie window glass pane seals using windex as a lubricant I was dreading to do the other side window. So there I am sitting in my back yard soaking up some rays. I wanted to look pretty so I got some spray suntan lotion and applied it to my skin. I'm sitting there thinking I need to start putting the other side window together so I begin the process. As I'm sitting there with my hands all slippery I began to look at the ingredients in the sun tan lotion. First ingredient is mineral oil.

Well let me tell you I sprayed a little lotion on the grey seal and the window frames went together like butter.

rustybutterknife Tue May 09, 2006 9:01 am

I used no-stick butter spray for cooking. Went pretty well.

steponmebbbboom Tue May 09, 2006 2:37 pm

I would use silicone based oil, available at any parts supply house. Oil-based lubricants tend to cause rubber to swell, ESPECIALLY the grey rubber seals.

vw donvieira Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:12 am

I am sure glad after wrestling with just 1 pane for over an hour (I still ended up taking it back apart after reading this) that I decided to do a search. I changed from wd-40 to silicone spray and life was much nicer. Those seals are tough work! vwdon

Air_Cooled_Nut Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:56 pm

rustybutterknife wrote: I used no-stick butter spray for cooking. Went pretty well.
Mmmm! Tastes like Bus 8-[



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