i have some large >100mm tears in my plastic fly screens. Any ideas on how to fix them please?
Cheers
Dhutime said
03:50 PM Jan 13, 2017
Short of replacing the lot with new ones ,I have helped my brother fix his with a repair pack from ,I think the Big Green Shed . It was two large peaces of fly wire with a sticky backing . Works well but not good visibly.
Dhutime
macka17 said
07:23 PM Jan 13, 2017
I have a coupa seam tears along bottoms of two.
Came with '99 van.
All They did was stick 1in clear Selotape each side.
Rough. But stops insects, and see through able.
As said. Only thing really is replacement.
No way that stuff would be financially viable to repair properly?.
gerard gue said
08:57 PM Jan 13, 2017
Bunning sell a repair kit
Regards
Phil C said
09:25 PM Jan 13, 2017
Thanks guys, forgot about the sticky flyscreen patches, next visit to the big green toolbox I will get some..
Thanks again.
macka17 said
10:08 PM Jan 13, 2017
Meee Tooooo.
patrol03 said
09:41 AM Jan 14, 2017
Phil,if the tears are in the screens on the windows I am certain you can source them from a caravan supply outlet and that they would be a push fit.If they are in the vinyl of the pop top sides and sewn in,you could have new ones made and attach them with velcro,otherwise a repair kit should do for a temporary fix as mentioned. Beautiful day here on the Mid North Coast over 30c already and its only 9.35am.Could be a storm brewing for later in the day.
madaboutled said
10:22 AM Jan 14, 2017
Hey Phil, provided the screen is not brittle, you can plastic weld some tears with a patch of screen over the tear using a heat adjustable soldering iron using a 3 to 5mm flat tip. Takes a bit of practice but it is doable. The trick is to get the other half to hold a piece of wood/plywood against the tear on the inside whilst you "weld" from the outside. Just practice with some offcuts on a table to get the heat, pressure and speed right.
Small piece with a bit of super glue will do the trick to
Cheers John
Phil C said
11:07 AM Jan 17, 2017
Fixed it. Would you believe when I cleaned the screen it turned out to be made of a linen type material so the sticky patches took a bit of tooing and froing but we got there.
Thanks all for your suggestions, if this lot lets go, the super glue gets a try
gday all
i have some large >100mm tears in my plastic fly screens. Any ideas on how to fix them please?
Cheers
Dhutime
Came with '99 van.
All They did was stick 1in clear Selotape each side.
Rough. But stops insects, and see through able.
As said. Only thing really is replacement.
No way that stuff would be financially viable to repair properly?.
Regards
Thanks again.
Hey Phil, provided the screen is not brittle, you can plastic weld some tears with a patch of screen over the tear using a heat adjustable soldering iron using a 3 to 5mm flat tip. Takes a bit of practice but it is doable. The trick is to get the other half to hold a piece of wood/plywood against the tear on the inside whilst you "weld" from the outside. Just practice with some offcuts on a table to get the heat, pressure and speed right.
Cheers John
Thanks all for your suggestions, if this lot lets go, the super glue gets a try
Cheers