Door Froze to Weatherstrip

[NAIL BENDER]

With the very cold weather here right now, the doors are freezing shut. Every-time I pull on them I half expect to rip the weather-striping off. I hear that spray silicone or Armorall will keep the ice away. Anyone tried these or anything else?

 

[White Ram]

I tried silicone on the old truck, I did not notice any difference.

steve

 

[CHarlan]

I would say WD40, or something like that.. it may stink up the cab.. It never gets cold enough down here to worry about it.

 

[NAIL BENDER]

Well I put some spray silicone on today, tomorrow will tell.

 

[Big K]

NB did our rigs while he was at it.

 

[CHarlan]

Good luck to y'all! It's only 56° here... earlier I was using my A/C... it was like 81° till a cool front blew through this evening.

 

[NAIL BENDER]

Well it was your silicone. It was the least I could do.

 

[DEZLPWR]

Warm water and/or ***** will do the trick if you are in a pinch...

 

[Got Juice?]

Originally posted by White Ram
I tried silicone on the old truck, I did not notice any difference.

steve

DO NOT use silicone based sprays, they are not compatible with rubber seals. (make seals ho hard and fail sooner!

use vaseline jelly if anything!

 

[Hoss]

use vaseline jelly if anything! [/B][/QUOTE]


Good advise from the stack daddy!!!!!!;p

 

[infidel]

Originally posted by Got Juice?
DO NOT use silicone based sprays, they are not compatible with rubber seals. (make seals ho hard and fail sooner!

Well I guess I'm still waiting after eight years for my seals to fail. I've used silicon spray on my door seals at least four times a year since new as recommended by the owner's manual. My doors have only froze shut when snow melts and refreezes, it's not on the seals but rather on the outside of them.

 

[Max Power]

Originally posted by Got Juice?
DO NOT use silicone based sprays, they are not compatible with rubber seals. (make seals ho hard and fail sooner!

use vaseline jelly if anything!

GM recommends using a silicone based spray!

 

[Got Juice?]

Originally posted by Max Power
GM recommends using a silicone based spray!

Well whaddaya know......they do......i guess my experience with an 86 t-top mustang doesn't count then.
with silicone spray they deteriorated rapidly, with vaseline they did not !?!?!?!?!?

 

[Big K]

Originally posted by Got Juice?
i guess my experience with an 86 t-top mustang doesn't count then.

The Brand F guys can pay attn. here......

 

[QRTRHRS]

Armorall

I have used Armorall on door seals for years with good results. Lubricating the seals on a regular basis keeps them soft so they seal better so you may even benefit from less wind noise. It will prevent or minimize the freezing problem too.