[Shop-talk] Dum-Dum

[Jeff Scarbrough]

Thanks, everyone.  Looks like "body strip caulk" is the keyword I was
looking for.  Got some on the way.

On Sun, Apr 5, 2026, 13:16 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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