>A message sent said - >I have found a set of Westi side windows with the screens but no >screen material in them, so: >1. How hard is it to remove the screens from the windows? >- - - - - - - >It's been awhile, but I think one pushes up >on them and then they pull out. Anyway, they >do come out. For Plastic screens: just push them out, start at one corner. Easy work if rubber sealing and plastic are not glued together.
>2. Can they be rescreened once they are off? >- - - - - - - - >Yes, but (I knew you were waiting for that) >It's a real pain to figure out how to obtain just >the right tension to prevent sags while the paint >dries. Hot melt won't work. I eventually ended >up using plastic model cement. Try a little out >in a hidden (installed) place. Some cements >will melt certain plastics. Try it out on the >screen fabric also. Why don't change them? A new screen (non pop-out, non sliding) will cost only DM 100.- +/- including new rubber sealing. Shipping just inexpensive during the 'fender lips group purchase'. Helmut '80 Camper |
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