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Protecting Rubber Door Seals - 10/6/2007 10:48:56 AM

protegedon

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Wanted to get some opinions on protecting the rubber door seals on my 2003 Protege. I usually clean them with a rag moistened with a weak solution of water and rubbing alcohol and then apply Armor All once they are dry. This seems to work quite well. I recently read that silicone spray works well for this purpose and am considering using that instead of the Armor All.

Over the years, I've heard a lot of bad things about Armor All, but I haven't seen test data that demonstrates that it isn't a good protectant of rubber and vinyl. I often wonder whether these negative opinions might be nothing more than rumors spread by the manufacturers of competitive products.

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RE: Protecting Rubber Door Seals - 10/6/2007 6:49:37 PM

virgin1

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Silcone spray is easy and works the best to keep them pliable and from sticking to metal in cold weather.
That's what I would recommend.

And I have had personal bad experiences w/Amour-all and do/have not recommended it for many years now... But I do like their gel-tire dressing.

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