Installing D-Seal on Hehr Jalousie

Hello Friends,

Just a thought while reading a recent thread on window seals. It reminded me of the difficulty I had installing my D-Seal on my Hehr jalousie window. I just found a tip on the Vintagetrailersupply website. Dip the D seal in soapy water first before installing or coating it with powder which I assume is talcum powder and then insert.

I had a question, though. What happens if you put it in warm soapy water and then stretched it like a rubber band and then had a second person push the inserted part of the D- seal into the track as it was stretched? I just wondered if stretching it would narrow the part that goes into the groove and as it recoiled after inserting, it would fill up the gap.

I would try it, but I don't have another jalousie window to try this with. BTW, my experience was with a model 4 J 30 which is very similar in size and construction to the model 1626 that Larry restores in his Repairing a Jalousie Window video. The key difference is how the screen is mounted.

Rod