At 10:53 PM 4/2/97 -0600, Dave Cairns wrote:
>Ok.. The Bricklin I am looking at has many cracking is most of the
>pannels.. What can I do about them ? (Besides replace themm) Is there
>anything elese I can do..
Dave,
This is a very common problem with the Bricklin. The cracks are
only in the top surface - the acrylic sheet.
If you are looking for a driver, then don't worry about it at first.
There are 3 ways to fix the problem:
1. carefully grind each crack open a little, really clean with
isoprople alchol and fill with dynaglass. This is the
prefered method. Dynaglass is a very short strand fiberglass
based product. (Note 1)
2. You can sand the areas down until there is no more cracks.
This usually means that you have sanded off the acrylic sheet.
(Note 1).
3. Purchase new panels. Both the NOS acrylic and replacement
fiberglass panels are available. However, the acrylic panels
are more expensive.
Note 1 - After doing the body work, you will have to seal the body
with a water based primer. Then paint the panels. If
you don't seal the acrylic with the water based primer,
the protroleum distilates (sp) in the paint thinner will
slowly eat the acrylic and the paint will flake off.
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
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