The reason I ask is that the rubber seals on a car are a soft, foamy rubber. The flippers are of a more dense rubber. I have some old pool table cushion rubber and wanted to see if this stuff would soften them up.
This stuff is super useful. I have used it to resize O-rings so I can get in-between sizes or just get a tighter fit. If you let anything soak in it indefinitely you can get any size o ring you desire. I was equally as impressed as you are
I used AT202 on a CVT transmission. The vehicle had slightly over 200K KMS on the odometer. The transmission had a shudder every now and then. The AT202 seems to have fixed the issue. Let's just say so far so good. BTW, Love the Tee-shirt. The Greeks know where it's at! 😉👍
Use babywipes or something like that and open em up so they dry up. Then pour at205 inside and work it around by pressing it. After it soaks in wipes use those wipes for exposed rubber parts.
Thanks for the Scotty independent verification Mike! I just saw that vid, ordered it - and it'll be here on the 6th. Two more Scotty hacks: 1-gallon of lacquer thinner to 1/2-tank of gas to: clean injectors, O2 sensors and blow out the catalytic converter to clear P0420 code - cheap fix that works! And CRF505 Fuel Treatment to remove internal combustion chamber carbon build up on piston. $40 + shipping -
Fred meyers and other stores have cheap spray bottles for hair product in the travel sections. They only cost about 2 or 3 dollars incase you need a container.
Glad I Found your vid. I'm putting my SK Auto Med Bag together and I couldn't remember if the AT-205 was what he recommended for weatherstripping and was coming up short on his video reviewing. Great impersonation btw.
That is an awesome idea! The other rubber conditioners called "gummi pflege" actually come in a foam top bottle, but in my experience, they didn't do crap and the foam disintegrates pretty fast. Have tried AT-205 on some suspension bushes but not on weatherstrippings, so it doesn't hurt to waste a new shoe polish bottle. Stuff's pricey!
Man i gotta try this. I got a Volvo C70 and its almost 3k to replace all the rubbers in the roof and trunk. Thats without the side pieces that youre meant to do with it.
Would you use the same stuff for maintaining rubber or another product? Also what products do you like for car wax and maintaining vehicle trim/dashboard etc? Thannks
I would.... I'm no "pro" detailer, I haven't even washed my van in about a year, so if I were to get into that I'd probably do my research right here on RU-vid - Wish I had a good answer for you
dielectric greases is the gm preferred lubricant for door seals it says that straight in the manual I did that to my van once a year never had to change any rubber
Right, I've used dielectric grease before - There's a difference between maintaining the rubber and restoring it... This AT-205 stuff revitalizes rubber, it swells it larger and softens it at the same time
Did you end up making the follow up video for this? I haven't been able to find it. I'm curious to know if it ends up breaking down the rubber long term because it's not originally developed for direct application
@@johnbramich Thanks for the reminder - I'll, at least, do a short showing that - Truth is last I looked it was all good but I've been doing shop work for weeks, so I haven't been opening the hatch every day for weeks, now...
Not yet but I do have a Delphi pump sitting on the shelf for when mine goes out - There's a big debate on "the right way to do the fuel pump" - Many believe cutting a hole in the floor is an easier way to go because many before them purchased inferior pumps so they had to replace them often. I believe purchasing the higher end (and more costly) unit is smarter, then dropping the tank and doing the job the way it's designed to be replaced makes more sense - To each their own....
wonder if that stuff would work on door rubbers, my Astro-Van has barn doors & the weather stripping is getting hard around the barn doors, the van was brought from New Mexico & sat for 6 years when it was brought to Canada, & the part of Canada I live in is western B.C. where believe it or not we get little snow & the average temp is high 80's spring to fall & anything rubber got hard from being stored outside in sun, hope it works it would save a fortune !
seems to have worked on the door rubber in this video... The front door rubber isn't any different - I plan to apply it to all the rubber on the entire vehicle, just got sidetracked today....
@@AstroVanTribe cool man, I'm going to head out to my local speed/parts store & get some of that stuff before I order rubbers, Thanks Again for you testing & posting I am sure glad I found & sub. to your channel
it needs very hot temperatures for chemical agents to revitalize rubber, that’s why it is put into areas that get hot (like the engine oil, transmission, and differential fluids) and the instructions recommending to have you drive your car for a few hours. Otherwise, it just evaporates and doesn’t do anything after it dries on the exposed rubber.
I really want to get some after seeing the scotty Kilmer video too, I've heard they've changed the formula and it's not to be trusted! do you know anything about this
Sorry to say after contacting the manufacturer At-205 will not work as a topical application it will evaporate it is activated by heat like in oil or transmission to swell seals and gaskets.
It worked well in the engine - stopped my weeping form the timing cover - It plumped up the hollow rubber around the hatch nicely but the solid foam rubber around the lower doors is too shot to keep out the dust so I'll need to replace that
Well done but I find an artist paint brush or a small foam roller is less wasteful and also your not over spraying and also the droplets that you breath into your lungs and eyes are subjected to is unhealthy
I still find it interesting how many people I've known for decades also didn't get the prick... Many I know who did have had issues including still getting very sick and/or dying of the thing, including my mother - It was a gamble to not get it, I suppose, but it looks like those of us who didn't made the correct decision.....
@@AstroVanTribe Correlation does not equal causation. It’s my belief that health is predominantly mental and this is widely recognized as the placebo and nocebo effect. I think the moral of the story is (or should be) that individuals should be left to make their own health decisions.
@@bastardchris I would agree if you live isolated from the general population. Otherwise, you should have a minimum responsibility with the rest of the society.
