Greengaunja
Ise da by' dat burns da Senton........
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Although I consider my first attempt to reinforce a body by better means than Goop and fibretape a success, it was limited by cold weather. See:
https://www.arrmaforum.com/threads/chronicles-of-a-senton-noob.29695/
Being in Canada, this simply wouldn't do. Time to think outside of what I had in stock in my garage. This time, I presented my dilemma to some off roading buddies. And got some great feedback.
I stuck with the stiff nylon mesh. But instead of merely using reinforcing strips, its placed throughout the body, twice. And the weight was kept lower than my last reinforcing attempt. I also made use of Proline body skids, but modified the rear parts to accommodate the one spot Senton takes the most damage, the rear upper fenders.
So, I had one limitation the first time around; the nylon is stiff and wants to pull back to its original flat state. I countered the stiffness by placing pieces in boiling water for a couple minutes, shaking off and pressing it into the body while still hot. But before I did that, I used a spray adhesive designed for extreme heats and guaranteed to adhere to polycarbonate plastics(will adhere to pretty much everything, its a mechanics version of crazy glue). This adhesive is like contact cement in the way its applied and bonded. I also used a spray on asphalt undercoating(its chemical composition allows it to work with the adhesive, and vice versa). The adhesive works so well that I could only clean up with gasoline. Tried wearing gloves and they stuck to the body. Had to cut them off the body and finish bare handed. After adhesive dried, I sprayed a coat of undercoating and repeated the process when dried.
https://www.arrmaforum.com/threads/chronicles-of-a-senton-noob.29695/
Being in Canada, this simply wouldn't do. Time to think outside of what I had in stock in my garage. This time, I presented my dilemma to some off roading buddies. And got some great feedback.
I stuck with the stiff nylon mesh. But instead of merely using reinforcing strips, its placed throughout the body, twice. And the weight was kept lower than my last reinforcing attempt. I also made use of Proline body skids, but modified the rear parts to accommodate the one spot Senton takes the most damage, the rear upper fenders.
So, I had one limitation the first time around; the nylon is stiff and wants to pull back to its original flat state. I countered the stiffness by placing pieces in boiling water for a couple minutes, shaking off and pressing it into the body while still hot. But before I did that, I used a spray adhesive designed for extreme heats and guaranteed to adhere to polycarbonate plastics(will adhere to pretty much everything, its a mechanics version of crazy glue). This adhesive is like contact cement in the way its applied and bonded. I also used a spray on asphalt undercoating(its chemical composition allows it to work with the adhesive, and vice versa). The adhesive works so well that I could only clean up with gasoline. Tried wearing gloves and they stuck to the body. Had to cut them off the body and finish bare handed. After adhesive dried, I sprayed a coat of undercoating and repeated the process when dried.
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