renforce cladding any ideas?

[wheele rider]

One of the tabs broke on my cladding. I'm gonna fix it but how do I renforce the rest?

 

[SYO237]

Re: renforce cladding any ideas?

Ive used fiberglass on weak or broken tabs.

I carefully sand each side of the tab, then take fiberglass rope and cut it to the tab length. 1 for each side. I then take some fiberglass cloth (4 or 6oz) and pre-cut it so it lays up about 1" along the base of the tab and then at least half way up it....again, 1 for each side.

Mix the resin, wet out the rope, lay it into the base of each side of the tab where it meets the back of the cladding. Work out any air bubbles, then lay the fiberglass cloth on top and again, work out bubbles.

Of course, wear latex gloves. You can buy cheap $1 brushes at Home Depot to use for laying down the resin and stippeling the cloth to soak out.

Tape off anything you dont want resin on if you are not used to working with it.

 

[wheele rider]

Re: renforce cladding any ideas?

Thank you very much

 

[GAShan]

Re: renforce cladding any ideas?

I use the 3M 2 part epoxy inthe big body shop gun. Lightly sand surface, then self adhesive open weave reinforcing tape, then the epoxy over it. I use my finger in a moist latex glove to smooth the epoxy for a nice finish.

 

[BoostedSUV]

Re: renforce cladding any ideas?

I've used 5min epoxy from Walmart and had great luck with it. My only comlaint is the cladding has to fit perfectly because it doesn't have any flex.

 

[wheele rider]

Re: renforce cladding any ideas?

Thank you ;-)

 

[red typhoon]

Re: renforce cladding any ideas?

i used fiberglass on my it works the best :tup: