{"id":129,"date":"2019-05-21T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T10:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dazedproductions.co.uk\/Vanity\/?p=129"},"modified":"2019-05-21T11:20:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T10:20:00","slug":"roof-repair-the-dreaded-cracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dazedproductions.be\/Vanity\/index.php\/2019\/05\/21\/roof-repair-the-dreaded-cracks\/","title":{"rendered":"Roof Repair- The dreaded Cracks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So when I got the van it had the dreaded roof crack on one side.  As others have discovered and I repeat here, roof is an ASA plastic.  My first attempt was to plastic weld the crack shut using some ASA plastic rods and a soldering iron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dazedproductions.co.uk\/Vanity\/photos\/cracks\/cracks2.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dazedproductions.co.uk\/Vanity\/photos\/cracks\/cracks1.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have experience doing plastic welding on motorcycles and the issue that I have found (with my technique at least) is that I can make a bond by welding from one side and can sometimes get a decent weld but for a structural bond, you need to weld from both sides.  On the van there is no access to the inside of the ASA shell. . . . <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My first weld actually held up for a decent amount of time, 6 months- year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dazedproductions.co.uk\/Vanity\/photos\/cracks\/cracks.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When it opened up, it did so at an awkward time, I did a rush re-weld that didn&#8217;t stick.  After this I started considering adding reinforcement material to it.  I had seen people drill holes and bolt metal supports in.  I decided that bonding carbon fibre sheet to it would give me similar results with no penetrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dazedproductions.co.uk\/Vanity\/photos\/cracks\/cracks2.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First attempt produced some freaky results.  I used non-structural thickness of CF but as I was sticking it on when the roof crack was shut it would be in tension and strong enough in this manner.  Unortunatly, that wasn&#8217;t how it played out.  I didn&#8217;t strap the roof crack shut, used a 48hr cure adhesive and the roof opened up over night and it cured in an open state.  The sheet ended up bent in a way I wouldn&#8217;t have though possible!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dazedproductions.co.uk\/Vanity\/photos\/cracks\/cracks3.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After this, I added a second piece but used a structural thickness and researched for better structural adhesives.  The advise I got was Plexus MA310 which is quick setting and advised for difficult to bond plastic surfaces.  The second time I also held the roof crack closed with a ratchet strap!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dazedproductions.co.uk\/Vanity\/photos\/cracks\/cracks4.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not had any movement since adding the last reinforcement.  I believe mine was cracked as the previous owners were closing the top on the roof bedding and it wasn&#8217;t closing at the back adding extra strain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So when I got the van it had the dreaded roof crack on one side. As others have discovered and I repeat here, roof is an ASA plastic. My first attempt was to plastic weld the crack shut using some ASA plastic rods and a soldering iron. I have experience doing plastic welding on motorcycles &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dazedproductions.be\/Vanity\/index.php\/2019\/05\/21\/roof-repair-the-dreaded-cracks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Roof Repair- The dreaded Cracks&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":177,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-repairs","category-roof"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dazedproductions.be\/Vanity\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dazedproductions.be\/Vanity\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dazedproductions.be\/Vanity\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dazedproductions.be\/Vanity\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dazedproductions.be\/Vanity\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dazedproductions.be\/Vanity\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dazedproductions.be\/Vanity\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dazedproductions.be\/Vanity\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dazedproductions.be\/Vanity\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dazedproductions.be\/Vanity\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}