[Shop-talk] Dum-Dum

[Eric Russell]

Try an RV supplier.  There is probably an official name for it but I've
always called it dum-dum...

EjR

On Sun, Apr 5, 2026, 6:49 PM Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com> wrote:

> Working on my 50 year old Triumph Spitfire, and I'm looking for the sealer
> that is used between the master cylinder bracket and the firewall.  We
> always called it dum-dum.  It came in pencil-sized strips liked up on heavy
> waxed paper.
>
> But when I go to the FLAPS and ask for dum-dum, they look at me like I'm
> doomed sort of dum-dum.
>
> Is there another name for this stuff?
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