Repair stripped screw holes in fiberglass
A couple of the mounting screws for the ingress handle on my NL are stripped. If this were wood, I'd glue a toothpick in there and move on. What is the best approach for stripped fiberglass?
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This stuff is great for fiberglass. It's an epoxy putty you knead together and jam in the hole - makes for a much better screw mount than the original fiberglass. In all truth, the bigger and more ragged the hole, the better this stuff works.
https://www.westmarine.com/buy/west-marine--marine-rx-epoxy-repair-kit-2-oz--13967443?recordNum=11
NL uses UHMW polyurethane behind the fiberglass for any kind of load bearing screw. You can get 2x2x 1/2 blocks of it at a good industrial hardware store. Screws will not strip that kind of thing out.
I'm the guy that first told Northern Lite about how to do that to hold their lower awning hardware and fix stripped screws and leaks. I removed the tailites and was able to get it up in there with my arm. Other areas of striped screws I removed the door frame to batteries or compartment, water fill door, whatever, exposing the fiberglass cut out edge and shoving a half inch thick piece between the shell and bead board with a knife edge or bevel cut on the uhmw so it allows you to force it into the bead board and hold it in there. I had many leaks with a new camper and fixed them all by holding firm like supposed to be.
