Date:         Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:26:40 EDT
Reply-To:     JordanVw@AOL.COM
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From:         JordanVw@AOL.COM
Subject:      Re: Westy Screens,
              and Westy Screen Repair...  and westy screens FS
Comments: To: davis_family_46168@YAHOO.COM
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the westy side screens nylon screening was originally HEAT SEAMED into the
plastic screen fame at the factory, not glued.

but when i repair the screens, i just hot-glue new screening in.  it works as
good as heat seaming.   place the screen on a flat table, with a thick
phonebook on the screen to hold it flat while you are hot-gluing it.  i use a
spackle trowel spreader to hold the screen down into the fresh bead of hot glue till
it dries. the sharp long blade of the trowel wont stick to the glue, i run
the blade over a candlestick so the wax also prohibits the blade from sticking
to the glue. .

fyi, the OEM westy screens are NLA new.

for you anacronym challenged folks, OEM means Original Equipment Manufacturer
(ie, factory) and NLA means No Longer Available.
i do have some good used ones FS though, and i repair screens as long as the
frames are good.


and yes the skylight has a velcro on screen.

chris

In a message dated 10/11/07 2:16:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
davis_family_46168@YAHOO.COM writes:


> 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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