

| Subject: | suggestion from the world of boats for falling A/C ducts... |
| From: | Jonc |
| Date: | Tue, 1 Aug 2000 08:09:21 -0400 |
If you cut a strip of door skin to a width and length you find aesthetically pleasing. for placing over the difficult seams it what ever position you find works best.... you coat the doors shin on all sides with clear west epoxy... spend a little time getting the edges sanded and use a small brush to make sure the epoxy gets in to the end grain... when that looks like something you can look at and live with... mix a batch of west thickened with cotton fibers to the appearance of cool peanut butter.. make sure that you have roughed up the place you intend to put the door skin brace with 100 grit sand paper.. after you slather the thicken west on the back of the brace and on the surface you want to support... mush it into place and scrape away any excess... if it looks like it might slip or slide hold it in place with masking tape or what ever measures are necessary... just get it to stay where you want it for a few hours however you can work that out... west is gap filling it does not need to be clamped to be very strong.. If you use screws to hold the brace in place put a little Vaseline or some such on the threads so they can be easily removed ... after all is dry you remove the screws and fill the holes with a little more west and the holes disappear from sight... of the surface is properly prepared once the thickened epoxy is dry it is not going anywhere.. an eight of an inch epoxy coated door skin brace is very strong ... it can be painted or varnished... I would varnish it and it will be a nice aesthetic appointment.. I do not know if the application is right for this treatment but from the sounds of it ... it will probably work
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