Jamie
Well Known Member
Ok, so I'll admit this was a very dumb mistake.
I managed to cut my canopy, trim it, drill it and countersink it with no cracks. But I start screwing it on the frame in order to fit the side skirts and it cracks.
The reason it cracked it obvious -- the bottom edge of the plexi it sitting up on the joggle. Doh! It looked fine before I drilled it but I guess it really wasn't (it's sort of hard to see through the canopy with the vinyl still on).
So I guess now my question is -- what would you do about it? Obviously I'm going to trim the lower edge of the canopy to clear the joggle, but what would you do about the crack? I understand that there are some solvents that basically 'melt' the plexi and you can use it to fix cracks like this. Does anyone know of such a product?
Alternatively I was thinking of just using some sort of epoxy (if deemed safe for plexi) or perhaps someone's leftover silkaflex to glue this portion.
I managed to cut my canopy, trim it, drill it and countersink it with no cracks. But I start screwing it on the frame in order to fit the side skirts and it cracks.
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The reason it cracked it obvious -- the bottom edge of the plexi it sitting up on the joggle. Doh! It looked fine before I drilled it but I guess it really wasn't (it's sort of hard to see through the canopy with the vinyl still on).
So I guess now my question is -- what would you do about it? Obviously I'm going to trim the lower edge of the canopy to clear the joggle, but what would you do about the crack? I understand that there are some solvents that basically 'melt' the plexi and you can use it to fix cracks like this. Does anyone know of such a product?
Alternatively I was thinking of just using some sort of epoxy (if deemed safe for plexi) or perhaps someone's leftover silkaflex to glue this portion.