-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Goebner <wgoebner@pacbell.net>
To: RSpontelli@aol.com <RSpontelli@aol.com>
Cc: lrw@aop.com <lrw@aop.com>; tigers@autox.team.net <tigers@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 6:27 PM
Subject: Windshields & Storage
>Ramon & Listers,
>Is there something that we should "paint" on the edge of the laminated
>windshield to slow the delamination? I have the same problem on the
windshield
>which is installed on my Tiger.
>Bill
>
>RSpontelli@aol.com wrote:
>> Windshields are perishable.
>> We bought a new one for our Series II Alpine when we thought our son was
going
>> to follow through on the project ten years ago. Last spring when I went
to
>> fish it out of the shed and put it on the car, I found it had turned to
>> junk--about two to two and a half inches of nasty delamination all around
the
>> thing.
>> If you don't need a windshield today, do not buy a windshield today.
>> Ramon
The windshields in my motorhome have come loose more times than I care to
remember. I reset one of them myself and in the process I painted the edge
of the windshield with the primer used to assist bonding of the butyl strip.
Its now about 6 years later and that windshield is perfect while its mate on
the other side, which was not painted, has turned white in the corners.
The product I used was 3M "window weld primer" part no 51135-08643.
That's only one data point but the windshield in my Tiger has started to
delaminate and I certainly regret not painting it--------sure will next
time.
Jim B382001208
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