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Vehicle doors freezing to gaskets.
I’ve cleaned the door and gasket real well. I’ve used brake fluid, armor all (and other similar products), silicone spray, Vaseline, liquid dish soap.
They all help some, but none have been ice-proof.
Other cold weather folks got any sure fire suggestions?
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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Get a condo in Gulf Shores?
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How cold does it usually get in your locale?
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Park in a somewhat heated garage.
l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right.
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Did youse fellers read the question?
LOL
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How cold does it usually get in your locale?
🦫 Below freezing to below zero F.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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You might try Gummi Pflege - made in Germany: Gummi Pflege... or maybe Lanolin.
l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right.
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I sure don't know.
But the cars today, without a rain gutter on the roof, funnel the
water into the door seal area.
My wife's van is bad, her old one was worse.
Often thought I was gonna rip the door handle off opening a door.
Try em all,
crawl in through the back right door that will open.
5 miles from home,
the 'Door Open light comes on, the chime starts dinging.
Your hands are still frozen from scraping ice off the windshield.
And your now late for work.
Gotta love winter!
Last edited by Dillonbuck; 11/12/21.
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Is that which you linked some magical formula that's different than what ironbender has already tried? Vehicle doors freezing to gaskets.
I’ve cleaned the door and gasket real well. I’ve used brake fluid, armor all (and other similar products), silicone spray, Vaseline, liquid dish soap.
They all help some, but none have been ice-proof.
Other cold weather folks got any sure fire suggestions?
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Leave the doors open at night.......
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Leave the doors open at night....... lol
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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Yeah, Denny. It helps, but I still occasionally get frozen doors.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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I sure don't know.
But the cars today, without a rain gutter on the roof, funnel the
water into the door seal area.
My wife's van is bad, her old one was worse.
Often thought I was gonna rip the door handle off opening a door.
Try em all,
crawl in through the back right door that will open.
5 miles from home,
the 'Door Open light comes on, the chime starts dinging.
Your hands are still frozen from scraping ice off the windshield.
And your now late for work.
Gotta love winter! The worst is the sliding door on the van. Probably a function of greater total length of gasket. Usually can get driver’s door open, then get a hold on the slider’s edge and pull on the door and not break the handle.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
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Remote start and thaw?
If you had a place in Gulf Shores you could remote start and AC...
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I don't have a problem with vehicle door gaskets freezing but if I did I'd try synthetic grease because it won't get hard when it freezes. Silicone grease would probably work better than silicone spray.
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Never experienced this in any environment.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Tarqueen uses Vagisil for this problem…
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Wipe it down with fluid film, that's what I use but the weather is not a severe here as there.
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Never experienced this in any environment.
Parked in a garage in Chicago and Montana?
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