Thread: Roadster rear window problem solved?
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Old Mar 25, 2018 | 02:31 AM
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Default Re: Roadster rear window problem solved?
Originally Posted by Valk
I followed the "How To" to do the rear window repair on my Roadster.
I added a few steps to assure easy clean up.
Fortunately only a small length of the glue had let loose.
 After carefully spending more than 2 hours I followed these steps:

This stuff is a mess but fortunately I was wearing latex gloves
I first scraped all the old glue from the glass in the place where the repair was needed and made sure it was clean and dry
I placed a folded bath towel and placed it inside behind the glass to give it support against the canvas.
I then applied painters tape and masked all of the outside of the glass where the canvas top meats the glass so that all the excess glue that might squeeze out from the canvas would be on tape that I can simply remove from the glass for a quick cleanup

I first applied the 3M Single Step Primer
and allowed it to dry as instructed before squeezing the bead of 3M Window Weld

I finished by using some strips of gorilla tape and carefully pressed them against the glass and canvas again with the towel beneath the glass for support
Now I'll just let it sit overnight and tomorrow carefully remove the strips of gorilla tape and then the painters tape from the glass and see if the repair was successful


The area that needed to be re-glued


Painters tape on the glass for excess glue to easily be removed
Gorilla Tape strips for additional hold while glue sets


Inquiring minds want to know.. in my video I show where I ran the tape full length of the repair... where you have done strips.. wondering does that make a ripple effect when it sets up.. PS.. June will make for 3 years worth of "extra" time on my canvas..

 
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