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zuburg · 08-18-2022, 01:26 PM

I now have the fender skirts on my T-bird. Like everything with my driver, they look pretty nice from a distance. I didn’t have the greatest luck with the 3M weatherstrip adhesive. It may have been due to the high temperatures we have had here like many areas of the US. It appeared to me that the adhesive did not adhere to the rubber as well as the fender skirt. There are several places where the rubber is not attached at all, and I can easily pull on the rubber where it is attached, and it just easily separates from the skirt.

Even though I had taped off the skirt to try and keep adhesive from getting on the front of the skirt, I have some spots where the adhesive oozed out and got on the front edge of the skirt. Is there anything that would help remove the adhesive without hurting the paint?

paul2748 · 08-18-2022, 07:39 PM

A wax and grease remover used for paint prep might remove it. . Check the 3M products website, they may have something specific . They also may have a Tech Line that might help you.

dmsfrr · 08-18-2022, 08:29 PM

WD-40? I've had it take road tar off of paint very nicely.

KULTULZ · 08-19-2022, 12:36 AM

How fresh is the paint, one or two stage?

08-18-2022, 01:26 PM	#41
zuburg Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 332	Re: Fender Skirt Seals I now have the fender skirts on my T-bird. Like everything with my driver, they look pretty nice from a distance. I didn’t have the greatest luck with the 3M weatherstrip adhesive. It may have been due to the high temperatures we have had here like many areas of the US. It appeared to me that the adhesive did not adhere to the rubber as well as the fender skirt. There are several places where the rubber is not attached at all, and I can easily pull on the rubber where it is attached, and it just easily separates from the skirt. Even though I had taped off the skirt to try and keep adhesive from getting on the front of the skirt, I have some spots where the adhesive oozed out and got on the front edge of the skirt. Is there anything that would help remove the adhesive without hurting the paint?

08-18-2022, 07:39 PM	#42
paul2748 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Midland Park, NJ Posts: 3,982	Re: Fender Skirt Seals A wax and grease remover used for paint prep might remove it. . Check the 3M products website, they may have something specific . They also may have a Tech Line that might help you. __________________ 48 Ford Conv 56 Tbird 54 Ford Victoria

08-18-2022, 08:29 PM	#43
dmsfrr Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Abq, NM Posts: 3,607	Re: Fender Skirt Seals WD-40? I've had it take road tar off of paint very nicely.

08-19-2022, 12:36 AM	#44
KULTULZ Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: IN A 'GALAXIE' FAR FAR AWAY Posts: 6,485	Re: Fender Skirt Seals How fresh is the paint, one or two stage? __________________ ***** We should have a contest. The player has to start at the very last post of a thread & then try to guess what the OP's original question was about ...