Anyone interested in 83 Pace Arrow Tear down and Rebuild?

STBRetired wrote:

Old Islander wrote:


It was a brain-fart... which I seem to have more and more of these days. I meant 24/7/365 -- 24 hrs per day per week per year... It might have made more sense to say 'continuously'... :E

Maybe 24/7/52 - 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 52 weeks per year.

Funny thing is, Loctite makes a glue called 352. Not sure it would be appropriate for fulltimin's application as it it heat or light cured. Kinda hard to do that through a TPO membrane.

Yup, I looked it up, and found the Loctite 352 adhesive, which confused me. I didn't find any large quantities of that adhesive, and didn't understand why I would need a light cured adhesive.

Oh, how easily things can get screwed up. Lol. But, Capt'n, I only mis-read one digit!

Old Islander wrote:

fulltimin wrote:

mike brez wrote:

Old Islander wrote:
The thing I'd worry about with TPO on the sides is gravity. On the roof, gravity is continuously working for you. On the sides, it is working against you 24/7/352. On the roof or on the sides, there will be occasional 60+ MPH headwinds, when driving. You would have to have a good deal of faith in the glue on the sides, never to fail during the life of the application. For that reason, I might be inclined to favour something with fasteners.

352:)

Who makes that? Assuming it's a form of adhesive of some sort.

It was a brain-fart... which I seem to have more and more of these days. I meant 24/7/365 -- 24 hrs per day per week per year... It might have made more sense to say 'continuously'... :E

Double brain fart here! Lol. I read your post of 24/7/352 as if it said 24/7/365. Well, DUH!

Then I saw your 352 at the bottom of your post, and didn't make the connection to the earlier part of your post.

So, I looked up 352 and did indeed find an adhesive by that name, and was thoroughly confused.

(Note to self - read slower, comprehend what's actually written)!

Old Islander wrote:


It was a brain-fart... which I seem to have more and more of these days. I meant 24/7/365 -- 24 hrs per day per week per year... It might have made more sense to say 'continuously'... :E

Maybe 24/7/52 - 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 52 weeks per year.

Funny thing is, Loctite makes a glue called 352. Not sure it would be appropriate for fulltimin's application as it it heat or light cured. Kinda hard to do that through a TPO membrane.

fulltimin wrote:

mike brez wrote:

Old Islander wrote:
The thing I'd worry about with TPO on the sides is gravity. On the roof, gravity is continuously working for you. On the sides, it is working against you 24/7/352. On the roof or on the sides, there will be occasional 60+ MPH headwinds, when driving. You would have to have a good deal of faith in the glue on the sides, never to fail during the life of the application. For that reason, I might be inclined to favour something with fasteners.

352:)

Who makes that? Assuming it's a form of adhesive of some sort.

It was a brain-fart... which I seem to have more and more of these days. I meant 24/7/365 -- 24 hrs per day per week per year... It might have made more sense to say 'continuously'... :E

Here's the beginning of the black walnut facings for covering the plywood edges of the shelves.

They will look much better once I get them on and some finish applied to them..

I asked the wife if she wanted 2 "bins", or 3 "bins" wide, and she opted for 3.

Obviously, I don't have all of them cut yet, but that is next.

mike brez wrote:

Old Islander wrote:
The thing I'd worry about with TPO on the sides is gravity. On the roof, gravity is continuously working for you. On the sides, it is working against you 24/7/352. On the roof or on the sides, there will be occasional 60+ MPH headwinds, when driving. You would have to have a good deal of faith in the glue on the sides, never to fail during the life of the application. For that reason, I might be inclined to favour something with fasteners.

352:)

Who makes that? Assuming it's a form of adhesive of some sort.

Old Islander wrote:
The thing I'd worry about with TPO on the sides is gravity. On the roof, gravity is continuously working for you. On the sides, it is working against you 24/7/352. On the roof or on the sides, there will be occasional 60+ MPH headwinds, when driving. You would have to have a good deal of faith in the glue on the sides, never to fail during the life of the application. For that reason, I might be inclined to favour something with fasteners.

You have a point about gravity. The fiberglass that was on originally, was just glued to the plywood. With that said, the holes in the sides, (windows, doors, openings for water fill, ets), also helped to keep the siding from falling off.

I do have the angle steel up top, that could probably be used to help secure the TPO at the top, as well as the windows in the living room.

Maybe I'll have to investigate the glue a little further.

Thanks for the idea.

Old Islander wrote:
The thing I'd worry about with TPO on the sides is gravity. On the roof, gravity is continuously working for you. On the sides, it is working against you 24/7/352. On the roof or on the sides, there will be occasional 60+ MPH headwinds, when driving. You would have to have a good deal of faith in the glue on the sides, never to fail during the life of the application. For that reason, I might be inclined to favour something with fasteners.

352:)

Brob wrote:
Do you have a plan on when you may have the opportunity to permanently install the TPO roof?

Any more thoughts on using it for the siding?

Sorry, I didn't see your post last night. I went to bed early.

As far as gluing it down, I need to figure out how to get up to the correct height, so I can apply the glue, and still be able to manipulate the TPO without putting air bubbles in it. My truck bed is about 3' off the ground, but I still need some additional height, and trying to use a ladder just isn't going to cut it.

Some scaffolding would probably be a great addition, but I'll need it to be 20 feet long, (truck bed is 16'), and I suppose work from one side, and then the other.

I still need to purchase the glue for the TPO.

As far as the walls go, I haven't finalized anything. I am not looking forward to spend 600-700 bucks for a single piece of fiberglass to do one side.

That's one good reason that, if the TPO would work, it would be a nice inexpensive way of covering the walls.

The thing I'd worry about with TPO on the sides is gravity. On the roof, gravity is continuously working for you. On the sides, it is working against you 24/7/352. On the roof or on the sides, there will be occasional 60+ MPH headwinds, when driving. You would have to have a good deal of faith in the glue on the sides, never to fail during the life of the application. For that reason, I might be inclined to favour something with fasteners.