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Subject:Re: Westi window screens
From:Zeidler HelmutNTC-Dusseld.
Date:Fri, 5 Sep 1997 08:33:50 +0200

>A message sent said -
>I have found a set of Westi side windows with the screens but no
>screen material in them, so:
>1. How hard is it to remove the screens from the windows?
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>It's been awhile, but I think one pushes up
>on them and then they pull out.  Anyway, they
>do come out.
For Plastic screens: just push them out, start at one
corner. Easy work if rubber sealing and plastic are
not glued together.

>2. Can they be rescreened once they are off?
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>Yes, but (I knew you were waiting for that)
>It's a real pain to figure out how to obtain just
>the right tension to prevent sags while the paint
>dries.  Hot melt won't work.  I eventually ended
>up using plastic model cement.  Try a little out
>in a hidden (installed) place.  Some cements
>will melt certain plastics.  Try it out on the
>screen fabric also.

Why don't change them? A new screen (non pop-out,
non sliding) will cost only DM 100.- +/- including
new rubber sealing. Shipping just inexpensive
during the 'fender lips group purchase'.

Helmut
'80 Camper