1961 Volvo PV544 in Holland

[Army]

Originally Posted by arcturus

Personally I have never had any problems with the vinyl joint strip and water ingress. Of course if you are not painting your car you don't have the added protection of multi coats of paint between the panel joints. You might try Vaseline on the panel edges,a fairly thick smear on each panel before fitting the vinyl strip. Any excess should squeeze out. An added bonus is that it would help to keep the vinyl supple. But what do I know!

Just because I've gone a bit mad and gone for a bare metal look, it doesn't meant there's no paint.

I can assure you this vehicle is very well covered! The "bare metal look" has seven layers of three different types of clear coat on it - the wheel wells also have seven layers of three different types of paint + rust encapsulator in places - there's also going to be an extra layer of POR15 Urethane applied...

...I'm also considering a matt clear wrap for extra stone chip protection on the front wings, the front and the bonnet.

Despite the amount of paint and protection I've put on the vehicle I don't want water sitting between panel joints.

Along with the Silent Coat stuff that should be turning up tomorrow I've also got some Dinitrol windscreen sealant - I might use this instead of the Permatex black silicone - I'm not sure what it is like yet at the moment though...