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Subject Topic: can you repair front window???? Post Reply Post New Topic
04/5/2009 at 3:46pm
 Location: anglesey
 Outfit:  Outwell Wolf Lake suncamp vario 6
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hi,i have a late 80s abi monza 450s,the front window inner layer has come away from outer and split down both sides,does anyone know if these windows can be repaired,and where to send them?thought i had seen in 1 of the mags a place that repairs them,but can't find it now,thanks,adrian


04/5/2009 at 5:25pm
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i would say no they cannot be repaired but you can get a copy made by..i had three made by them really good apart from the fact they were a quarter of one inch shorter overall.for a price quote measure the opening in the caravan not the window.

www.eeco-ltd.co.uk

or try here 4000 windows i believe.

http://www.caravanbreakers.net/

http://www.caravanbreakers.net/30840/info.php?p=6&cat=66429



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31/5/2009 at 6:19pm
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Everything is repairable, can you get the window off the van ok? Can you seperate the inner from the outer or just prise them apart a little? If you can then get a fresh tube of Araldite Rapid, a small plastic spreader, a small weight (1kg  will do) and a clean firm mixing pallet, (an old kitchen tile is good).

Mask off the window around where the seperation is and mix up the Araldite, you now need to work fairly quickly before the epoxy starts to gel.

Using the spreader, apply a THIN bead of the mixed epoxy along the join of the inner and outer. Close the panels together and sit the weight on them to keep them nice and tight. Leave for a couple of hours. Remove masking and hopefully youve got a useable repair.

 



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31/5/2009 at 7:05pm
 Location: Derbyshire
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Quote: Originally posted by Stevieb on 31/5/2009

Everything is repairable, can you get the window off the van ok? Can you seperate the inner from the outer or just prise them apart a little? If you can then get a fresh tube of Araldite Rapid, a small plastic spreader, a small weight (1kg  will do) and a clean firm mixing pallet, (an old kitchen tile is good).

Mask off the window around where the seperation is and mix up the Araldite, you now need to work fairly quickly before the epoxy starts to gel.

Using the spreader, apply a THIN bead of the mixed epoxy along the join of the inner and outer. Close the panels together and sit the weight on them to keep them nice and tight. Leave for a couple of hours. Remove masking and hopefully youve got a useable repair.

 


I've done very similar using unibond clear with a mastic gun, Easy to do and still holding after 6 years, as I know the owner and still see the van

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05/6/2009 at 9:34pm
 Location: Swindon
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Is it a huge single window. I have one I was just about to put on Ebay. Mine's off an early 90s Compass.  Yours if you want it. How much are windows worth?



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