Date:         Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:39:13 -0700
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Westy Screens, and Westy Screen Repair...
Comments: To: Kyle Davis <davis_family_46168@yahoo.com>
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I recently repaired my screens with "Goop". Works fine so far. I found
that the Goop smelled funny for a while, so I'd let the repaired
screens "off gas" for a while before using.

One alternative to using those screens is to make a screen with
magnets and screen material. They would go over drive/passenger front
windows IIRC.

Cheers,

Neil.

On 10/10/07, Kyle Davis <davis_family_46168@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>      Been thinking of the repairs I am certainly
> qualified to do on the westy, and I came up with this.
>
>      I have 2 screen windows for my sliding passenger
> area windows.  Should there have been a third for the
> vent cap in the popup area?  Does anybody know?
>
>      Anyhow, a rudimentary visual inspection yields
> the fact that the screen seemed to have been attached
> to its plastic frame with some sort of adhesive
> material.
>
>      Only one screen is intact, the other screen,
> while not being intact, isn't in tatters, either.
> Rather; it looks like the adhesive has worn off on
> three of the four sides on the plastic frame.
>
>      There is a local hardware store in town that
> specializes in fixing screen windows (I don't really
> know if they've ever seen a westy one before or not,
> though.)
>
>      But, what does the list think of me firing up my
> hot glue gun and simply trying to re-attach the three
> dislocated sides to the frame?
>
> Kyle
>
>
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