Thu Jun 14, 2018 12:41 pm
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Paint stripper (Nitromors) is Methylene Chloride plus a gelling-agent. As someone else suggested , body-filler (Bondo) is polyester resin with a very high chalk/talc filler-content...Methylene Chloride will soak into it and eventually soften it but the heat -gun idea is bang on the money. cheaper and you don't get high on fumes (OK the fumes are great, as long as you don't pass out, but the headache the following day ! )
I would guess that ordinary caulking- silicone would be OK to reseal joints....judging by your pix, there was a very poor bond with the "Bondo" (which is formulated to stick to steel motorbodies , there's a different grade for aluminium bodies), but neither is made for the sort of flexing your floor will undergo.
"Sikaflex "(google SIKA) is an air -curing Polyurethane...apply with a caulking- gun , permanently flexible , but you'll destroy the structure before you break the bond! motorbodies are glued together with one of the variants, as are modern vehicle fixed windows ! There may be one with a "solvent" of some sort, which you'd need if there was a need for future access.
Great writeup again Adam....still trying to decide if you're brave or foolhardy
2 Commanders and an Aerostar! -As if an XJS wasn't bad enough ! (had one (injection) - took about 4 hours to change the plugs, maintenance took about twice the time I spent driving it, the rest of the time was spent earning the money to pay for it! Did I mention the 12 MPG round town?
I would guess that ordinary caulking- silicone would be OK to reseal joints....judging by your pix, there was a very poor bond with the "Bondo" (which is formulated to stick to steel motorbodies , there's a different grade for aluminium bodies), but neither is made for the sort of flexing your floor will undergo.
"Sikaflex "(google SIKA) is an air -curing Polyurethane...apply with a caulking- gun , permanently flexible , but you'll destroy the structure before you break the bond! motorbodies are glued together with one of the variants, as are modern vehicle fixed windows ! There may be one with a "solvent" of some sort, which you'd need if there was a need for future access.
Great writeup again Adam....still trying to decide if you're brave or foolhardy
2 Commanders and an Aerostar! -As if an XJS wasn't bad enough ! (had one (injection) - took about 4 hours to change the plugs, maintenance took about twice the time I spent driving it, the rest of the time was spent earning the money to pay for it! Did I mention the 12 MPG round town?
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