I hate when folks use silicon on a failing pop top seal.  It just makes
the whole replacement job so much more tedious because to make it look
good you have to scrape the silicon off with a razor knife or razor
blade.  The rust stains really shouldn't matter because they are going
to be covered up by the new pop top seal anyway but the gunked up
silicon can be a real nightmare.  I had one that was so bad of a job,
the guy gunked on black silicon really sloppily then saw how crappy it
looked so he taped off about 2 inches above the seal all the way around
and sprayed with black rock guard.  I get it here and have to put a new
seal on, scrape off the old silicon glop and then the only way I could
get it to look half decent again way to respray it around the edge after
I was done.

Please, just replace your seals, don't use silicon.  I am going to start
to charge an extra hour or two of labor when I see folks come in like this.

Have fun!
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com

Jamie Fitterer wrote:
> I am replacing my Poptop seal and wanted to know the best wayt to clean the surface.  The previous owner Siliconed the poptop seal to the hardtop and I want to remove and clean that before I put on the new busdepot one I got.
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> I was thinking of using some rubbing alcohol to remove the rust stains from the previous seal and the silicone.
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> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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