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?
Get a condo in Gulf Shores?
How cold does it usually get in your locale?
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Park in a somewhat heated garage.
Did youse fellers read the question?
LOL
How cold does it usually get in your locale?
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Below freezing to below zero F.
You might try Gummi Pflege - made in Germany:
Gummi Pflege... or maybe Lanolin.
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!
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?
Leave the doors open at night.......
Yeah, Denny. It helps, but I still occasionally get frozen doors.
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.
Remote start and thaw?
If you had a place in Gulf Shores you could remote start and AC...
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.
Never experienced this in any environment.
Tarqueen uses Vagisil for this problem…
Wipe it down with fluid film, that's what I use but the weather is not a severe here as there.
Never experienced this in any environment.
Parked in a garage in Chicago and Montana?
Never experienced this in any environment.
Parked in a garage in Chicago and Montana?
His wife won’t let him have a car until he gets a J O B!
That’s why he gotta ride the scooter.
Hold into the myth.
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.
This has potential, along with Nooners gummi bear stuff.
Thanks.
Chemsearch food grade anti seize. The white stuff. You may have to apply it more than once during winter. Worked in Fairbanks, not sure where you are located!
Silicone grease works pretty well.
Last winter I put it on pickup, tractor and toolbox gaskets.
We didn't have much icy weather but it did seem to work.
Google 3M silicone paste.
I had a truck that did that, I used to spray the seals with Tri Flow silicone gun spray. It worked.
Osky
Chemsearch food grade anti seize. The white stuff. You may have to apply it more than once during winter. Worked in Fairbanks, not sure where you are located!
I’m in the shadow of the Kenai Mtns. 😉
Stash a battery powered heat gun in an insulated bag w' a hot hands on the battery. Works great on frozen brakes too. Try not to wreck the paint
I find it ironic to give advice to an Alaskan but can't resist.
mike r
Lose the weather stripping. Done.
Tarqueen uses Vagisil for this problem…
LOL. Probably a 50/50 mixture of Vagisil and KY Jelly.