Door skin flappy.

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Door skin flappy.

Post by Velocette » Sat Jul 07, 2012 8:25 pm

I have the driver's door card off at the moment for a rewire and thought I would give it some TLC, rustproofing the inner bottom seam and tackling any other problems. I notice that the skin has broken away from the reinforcement in the centre of the door below the side impact beam which explains why it is a bit flappy on closing.

Is there a panel adhesive or sealant that I should use to secure this or possibly some glass matt and resin. Anyone had similar? The plastic membrane has long gone by the way but lots of the black Bostik stuff remains!
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Post by helen&tony » Sun Jul 08, 2012 3:30 am

Hi
Whatever you use, it will need cleaning up well, and I can't remember from the last time I was poking around in the door what it looks like, but i suspect that most repairs will break away, unless you use something like a bitumastic sealant which stays semi-set, and just melts a tad with heat....OR even a really gelatinous car window sealant???
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Post by Diplomat » Sun Jul 08, 2012 9:51 am

Double sided sticky pads?


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Post by helen&tony » Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:13 am

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Double sided sticky pads?
mmmm
i thought they were floor tiles, no wonder it takes mean age to walk across the floor :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by M 80NGO » Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:04 am

helen&tony wrote:Hi
Double sided sticky pads?
mmmm
i thought they were floor tiles, no wonder it takes mean age to walk across the floor :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Why not just stick a floor tile to each slipper and save yaself a frickin fortune on home flooring :wink:
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Post by helen&tony » Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:59 am

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Yeah, yeah...seen the adverts!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Actually, that's not a bad idea....stick the panel with spray-foam .....the builder's stuff...a friend did that in a VW...super quiet!
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Post by Velocette » Sun Jul 08, 2012 5:18 pm

helen&tony wrote:Hi
Yeah, yeah...seen the adverts!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Actually, that's not a bad idea....stick the panel with spray-foam .....the builder's stuff...a friend did that in a VW...super quiet!
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Some good ideas there. You can get putty strips as well, They don't make Dum Dum any more, probably too toxic. Spray foam sounds good, I have heard of it being used to fill body cavities to keep water out of rally cars. Sticks like sugar to a blanket.

Thanks all.

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Post by stuc » Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:57 pm

You could try Sikaflex, that stuff sticks anything to anything. Just dont get it on your hands, takes weeks to get off.
We were sick of the panel beater making too much noise one day so we stuck it around his ear defenders, took him ages to work out what we were laughing at. His ears were black for weeks :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by Velocette » Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:24 pm

stuc wrote:You could try Sikaflex, that stuff sticks anything to anything. Just dont get it on your hands, takes weeks to get off.
We were sick of the panel beater making too much noise one day so we stuck it around his ear defenders, took him ages to work out what we were laughing at. His ears were black for weeks :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Door skin flappy.

Post by kloonsy » Thu Jul 12, 2012 10:52 pm

stuc wrote:You could try Sikaflex, that stuff sticks anything to anything. Just dont get it on your hands, takes weeks to get off.
We were sick of the panel beater making too much noise one day so we stuck it around his ear defenders, took him ages to work out what we were laughing at. His ears were black for weeks :lol: :lol: :lol:


Oi!! Leave us panel beaters alone. A bit of noise!!, can't make an omelette without breaking eggs :lol: :lol: :lol: :wink:
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Re: Door skin flappy.

Post by Velocette » Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:58 pm

kloonsy wrote:
stuc wrote:You could try Sikaflex, that stuff sticks anything to anything. Just dont get it on your hands, takes weeks to get off.
We were sick of the panel beater making too much noise one day so we stuck it around his ear defenders, took him ages to work out what we were laughing at. His ears were black for weeks :lol: :lol: :lol:


Oi!! Leave us panel beaters alone. A bit of noise!!, can't make an omelette without breaking eggs :lol: :lol: :lol: :wink:

Ahhh a panel beater... you know, I have this problem with my wheelarch......... ;) only jokin! :)
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Post by Bogmonster40 » Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:06 pm

stuc wrote:You could try Sikaflex, that stuff sticks anything to anything. Just dont get it on your hands, takes weeks to get off.
We were sick of the panel beater making too much noise one day so we stuck it around his ear defenders, took him ages to work out what we were laughing at. His ears were black for weeks :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Door skin flappy.

Post by stuc » Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:04 pm

As long as you keep quiet and dont bring a windy chisel you will be ok. Where would us painters be without panel beaters. :shock:
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Post by Velocette » Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:38 pm

stuc wrote:As long as you keep quiet and dont bring a windy chisel you will be ok. Where would us painters be without panel beaters. :shock:
we used to nick the windy chisel to knock Reliant Kingpins out, welsh plugs and everything out in seconds. brilliant tool.
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Re: Door skin flappy.

Post by stuc » Sat Jul 14, 2012 8:22 pm

I dont think they are allowed now cos of the noise.

That is windy chisels, not panel beaters. :lol:
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