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Post by mynewstudio on Feb 5, 2020 17:59:05 GMT 10
Mine was quite tight as well but I was able to guide it in with a plastic spatula. Some have had to rebate their edge a little to make it fit. Thanks twocutekelpies, there's no way it will lever in, I'll have to try to rebate the edge somehow on a scrap piece and try that.
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Post by Rattles on Feb 6, 2020 7:38:37 GMT 10
You could try heating the moulding with a hair dryer to make the Plastic more pliable and using Metal spatula to widen and ease the ply into the moulding.
PS-:- also run a plane along the edge to put a slight bevel on the leading edge of the ply. If the scrap ply fits leave it in place until the moulding cools.
Rattles
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Post by mynewstudio on Feb 6, 2020 16:56:56 GMT 10
You could try heating the moulding with a hair dryer to make the Plastic more pliable and using Metal spatula to widen and ease the ply into the moulding. PS-:- also run a plane along the edge to put a slight bevel on the leading edge of the ply. If the scrap ply fits leave it in place until the moulding cools. Rattles Very good ideas, I will try that.
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Post by mynewstudio on Feb 19, 2020 7:41:26 GMT 10
I have tried heating the moulding and putting a scrap piece in, which had a bevelled edge for easy insertion. Not only does it take ages, but what I've found is, when I've inserted the scrap, it sits up into the moulding, but then sits out at an angle. It's not perpendicular to the roof, and doesn't sit flat against the wall frame without pretty extreme force. My conclusion is, why on earth did I decide to use the moulding?! I honestly thought it would make the wall and ceiling sheet installation an easier job. Instead, it's made it bloody impossible. Obviously the top part of the wall frame is not 90 degrees to the roof frame, with is unnoticable when looking, but very noticable when the sheet is inserted. I think there is both that, and the fact that perhaps there is a tad too much sideways pressure on the moulding from the roof sheets, that is making insertion impossible. I am honestly ready to tear my hair out. I feel as though my only option is to somehow cut off the bottom flange of the moulding, so that the wall sheets will sit flat. They won't slide up into the moulding so I'll be left with a roof and wall sheet join that will look like poo. I'm to the point where I just want someone to come and tell me how to do it, or even better, DO IT lol. Very disheartened. Nothing has been easy with this van. Throw massive learning curves in there and my deadlines keep getting further and further away. Apologies for the rant. I will take some piccies later and see if I can explain better what's going on. Any potential soloutions or advice is very welcome.
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Post by 78466noM on Feb 27, 2020 6:59:18 GMT 10
I had a similar problem so I covered the joins with narrow aluminum flat bar . or if you are going to paint the roof fill joins and sand as yours is staying there you shouldn't any problems with the joins shifting.
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