Butyl removal

[MoparBill]

I want to polish my rear window trim and was wondering what solvent was best to remove butyl gasket off the trim?

 

[dave5237]

I want to polish my rear window trim and was wondering what solvent was best to remove butyl gasket off the trim?

I just did this. I used a heat gun, got it soft and scraped it off with some plastic scrapers that did not mar the stainless steel.

 

[greenmonsta79]

laquer thinner soaked 000 steel wool.

 

[milit73]

I used WD40 on the thinner stuff. Let it sit on there for about 5 minutes and it would wipe right off and with a little thicker stuff it just took a little more elbow grease with the WD40 sitting a little longer.

 

[Propwash]

A decent virgin solvent....I used some reducer for single stage paint in the past, worked great! Also, like Dave said, heat works as well if going that route.

 

[green1]

Like they said, real butyl; Acetone, MEK, heat. It sucks,but good stuff. Then finish off with something like final wash.

 

[green1]

And never let the rear window be installed without butyl; it will leak. Windshield is different, it has the good gasket. Take that back; it has a gasket that usually works.