TAC Spotlight => Projects & Restorations => Topic started by: BAD2000TA on August 23, 2021, 12:47:12 PM

Title: Cowl-to-Firewall caulking question
Post by: BAD2000TA on August 23, 2021, 12:47:12 PM

On my Trans Am, I'm trying to restore the cowl and firewall area. Just clean-up and repaint. There's some caulking on the upper cowl that mates to the top of the firewall.

Does everybody just use the 3M Strip-Calk strips? Just press into the gap and leave unpainted? Thanks!

Title: Re: Cowl-to-Firewall caulking question
Post by: roadking77 on August 23, 2021, 06:09:24 PM

For that area I would not use the caulking strips. I would go with a brushable seem sealer. Factory was really slopped on there, but you can put some blue tape down and make it much neater.

Title: Re: Cowl-to-Firewall caulking question
Post by: NOT A TA on August 23, 2021, 06:46:23 PM

I use seam sealer and use a brush dipped in wax & grease remover to recreate the look of the original brushed on sealer.

Title: Re: Cowl-to-Firewall caulking question
Post by: roadking77 on August 24, 2021, 06:08:18 AM

Wallington has great information  :-D  Like Not a TA I have dipped a brush in a mild gun cleaning solvent first then use that brush to smoot out the sealer. I have used the small acid brushes. On the floor for my 79 I recently did I just gobbed it on. Looked pretty much factory. Of course that will be covered up.

Title: Re: Cowl-to-Firewall caulking question
Post by: BAD2000TA on August 24, 2021, 07:30:44 PM

Quote from: Wallington on August 23, 2021, 09:58:19 PM

http://transamcountry.com/community/index.php?topic=83785.0

Great info!!!! Thanks guys for the input and suggestions!