Ribbon or tube urethane for back glass?

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The urethane seems to be available at every auto parts store I've been to lately, 3M part#8609 (printed on label as"08609"). It's a white caulk style tube with red and black letters. There are other brands all over the place, but the 3M stuff is the only brand I've ever seen glass companies use and it's the most readily available. You can use a regular caulk gun, but once you've used a professional battery operated gun, you'll never want to use anything else (especially if you actually end up doing something large like a windshield).

Same goes for the ribbon sealer in butyl, the 2 main sizes are 3/8" and 5/16". Thinner ribbon is available, but is harder to come by, as I think 5/16" would still be too thick for 1/4 glass. But what you generally do is just stretch the stuff to accommodate smaller openings.
 
Bump... Where do you buy the rolled butyl tape and in what rope diameter for the 1/4 glass? Thanks guys
 
Geo's66 said:
Bump... Where do you buy the rolled butyl tape and in what rope diameter for the 1/4 glass? Thanks guys

Just noticed 1/4" butyl is available where I work too. Never was able to get it when I worked a a body shop. I would probably go with 1/4" then, but hopefully someone else can chime in since I've never had the 1/4 windows out of one of these cars yet.
 
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