Total Rebuild of a 1979 Dodge Class C
I would say some of you have seen the start of this build that my brother bgriffey had posted, Well I have now bought the RV from him and plan to post the pixs of the build I have found a lot of rot i...
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You really should sand of the paint on the aluminum with a fairly coarse grit of about 80 of so to give the glass some tooth to bite into , i,d also make sure you overlap the glass onto about 2" of the bare wood . Fiberglass sticks well to bare wood......not so sure about that magic tape though.
Since you asked for honest opinions ,why didn,t you try to utilize the original mouldings ??? it would have been much easier and probalby turned out much better. Not trying to belittle or discourage you but with all the disimiliar materials you have up there i think you might have adhesion problems in the future. Everything expands and contracts at different rates. Bolted on mouldings will give a little vs. all chemically attached ones.
Since you asked for honest opinions ,why didn,t you try to utilize the original mouldings ??? it would have been much easier and probalby turned out much better. Not trying to belittle or discourage you but with all the disimiliar materials you have up there i think you might have adhesion problems in the future. Everything expands and contracts at different rates. Bolted on mouldings will give a little vs. all chemically attached ones.
