Repair cement for grill and headlight doors

[david1]

Doing the repair on the stock Grill previously I'd used fiberglass/body filler and that cracked. This time I used ABS shavings mixed with MEK and some
colodial silica to make my own filler. That worked to bond the pieces together-very well I was amazed! I then used the Oately ABS black cement that
Matt Collie mentioned in this post and then laid woven fiberglass mat strips into that second level of the repair it is very very solid and no where
near as thick as it was using the body filler
I'm very happy I wil put a thin layer body filler to smooth everything out for paint.
--
'78 Palm Beach. car nut new to RV'ing 26 ft. 403 rebuilt in 2018, rebuilt tranny in 2014, Dave Lenzi knuckles & hubs, yada yada yada OEM chromed
wheels,Green Brady Bunch stock

 

[jim kanomata1]

The reason why fiberglass does not work on the grill or light bezels is
that they put oil in the plastic so it will release from the mold. There
are epoxy that is made just for that. We have some her

> Doing the repair on the stock Grill previously I'd used fiberglass/body
> filler and that cracked. This time I used ABS shavings mixed with MEK and
> some
> colodial silica to make my own filler. That worked to bond the pieces
> together-very well I was amazed! I then used the Oately ABS black cement
> that
> Matt Collie mentioned in this post and then laid woven fiberglass mat
> strips into that second level of the repair it is very very solid and no
> where
> near as thick as it was using the body filler
> I'm very happy I wil put a thin layer body filler to smooth everything out
> for paint.
> --
> '78 Palm Beach. car nut new to RV'ing 26 ft. 403 rebuilt in 2018, rebuilt
> tranny in 2014, Dave Lenzi knuckles & hubs, yada yada yada OEM chromed
> wheels,Green Brady Bunch stock
>
>
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Jim Kanomata
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[mike]

If you are over this way, Ace Hardware, Fort and Van Horn and Sherwin-Wiiliams, West and Grange, both carry Fusion for Plastic.
--
Mike K.
'75 PB
Southeast Michigan

 

[Matt Colie]

> If you are over this way, Ace Hardware, Fort and Van Horn and Sherwin-Wiiliams, West and Grange, both carry Fusion for Plastic.

Thanks Mike,

I did finally locate some. I have since painted my grill, and it would look great if I was to clean the bugs off it again.

Matt
--
Matt & Mary Colie - '73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan
OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit

 

[mike]

> > If you are over this way, Ace Hardware, Fort and Van Horn and Sherwin-Wiiliams, West and Grange, both carry Fusion for Plastic.
>
> Thanks Mike,
>
> I did finally locate some. I have since painted my grill, and it would look great if I was to clean the bugs off it again.
>
> Matt

Ah, Just now noticed the date you posted this top[ic.
Didn't realize until now that someone revived a nearly 5 year old topic. Oh well, if you need more Fusion you know where else to look.


--
Mike K.
'75 PB
Southeast Michigan

 

[johnny]

Headlight doors? Geez, missing on both my coaches.

--johnny
--
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
"I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell" - ol Andy, paraphrased

 

[david1]

And this place says Facebook is a pain in the ass...
--
'78 Palm Beach. car nut new to RV'ing 26 ft. 403 rebuilt in 2018, rebuilt tranny in 2014, Dave Lenzi knuckles & hubs, yada yada yada OEM chromed
wheels,Green Brady Bunch stock

 

[Matt Colie]

> And this place says Facebook is a pain in the ass...

After seeing two very salvageable coaches get sold off as scrap because the owners took the advice of someone that obviously had very little TZE
experience and the difficulty of relocating information that was once seen, will continue to think poorly of FB. The only reason I have a presence
there is that there are a significant number of your and unconnected owners in my area and I was trying to use FB to get them to understand what a
valuable and powerful thing this community can be to an owner. Thus far, I have brought about a dozen into the community and that is about an half of
what I know is there.

There is also no badgering for personal information here and no tracking of you activity.

Matt
--
Matt & Mary Colie - '73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan
OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit