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Re: Window rust
Posted: 10 May 2009, 15:12
by Pepperami
Can't you get one of the mods to correct your user name it's annoying

Re: Window rust
Posted: 10 May 2009, 15:17
by kevtherev
I'm with her
it is
Re: Window rust
Posted: 10 May 2009, 15:23
by Pepperami
Re: Window rust
Posted: 10 May 2009, 16:16
by Wear Sunscreen
wouldn't remember my name now if it was corrected

Re: Window rust
Posted: 10 May 2009, 16:34
by Pepperami
Go for it.
Re: Window rust
Posted: 10 May 2009, 16:39
by Wear Sunscreen
However anything to please the natives
Any mod willing to help me change my user name

Re: Window rust
Posted: 10 May 2009, 16:40
by Pepperami
We will talk to you then

Re: Window rust
Posted: 10 May 2009, 16:44
by kevtherev
yes and I'll read your posts too
Re: Window rust
Posted: 10 May 2009, 19:51
by Helga
As a matter of interest... I took out a window on my camper last year which had small areas of rust including a complete missing lip in one corner, about three inches long. Now, I hadn't used this site properly, and just did what I thought best - I sanded it down, put loads of anti rust stuff in, painted it with primer, then filled the holes with liquid metal and 'made' a lip, then painted again and finally top coat and stuck the window back in... there have been no more bubbles or mess in almost a year?
Surely, making a new lip for small areas for somebody with no welder or welding skills IS feasible? What could go wrong with it?
Advice please!

Re: Window rust
Posted: 10 May 2009, 20:04
by HarryMann
Might crack away if someone leans against it maybe..
In defence I think we wre thinking of a 'proper job'
Seriously, some metallic fillers like Dinitrol's aluminum loaded filler is pretty good...
and of course depends entirely on what has rusted away and how well any filler will be supported by remaining sound structure.
Re: Window rust
Posted: 10 May 2009, 20:24
by Helga
In defence I think we wre thinking of a 'proper job'
Haha - fair enough - I think sometimes, with all the jobs needed on my van, that I can't always a aford a proper job!

Re: Window rust
Posted: 10 May 2009, 21:21
by HarryMann
This is the one I meant..
DINITROL 6030 Pyrmoplast Aluminium -Metalised Body Filler
The DINITROL 6030 Pyrmoplast Aluminium -Metalised Body Filler came out as best budget buy in an independant survey into non pourous fillers, for its ease of application, overall finish and the effortlessness with which it could be rubbed down. 6/6 for value for money!
Metal fillers create a stronger and more flexible repair than a standard body filler.
If you do go this route, cut out any serious rust, and spray surrounding surface rust with something like
this RC900
before applying the filler.
... else in a year or two the filler maybe pushed away by further corrosion.
Re: Window rust
Posted: 10 May 2009, 21:26
by weldore
some of my windows had metal plates in the corners ,shaped and pop rivetted in and filled over...HAD being the operative word...BUT...they would have been better than just filler imho
Re: Window rust
Posted: 10 May 2009, 21:30
by HarryMann
Yup, also occurred to me that well-made and fitted flush rivetted fillet plates might create a sounder structure for subsequent filling if welding is out of the question.