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Body work on a '72 tent trailer. Tips, advice, comments welcome

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Old May 8, 2008 | 06:00 PM
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Default Body work on a '72 tent trailer. Tips, advice, comments welcome

Hey guys, I bought a fine looking tent trailer for camping. The previous owner tried repairing some holes in the plastic roof with a fibre glass repair kit but decided to do it drunk and made a mess of everything. I patched up most of the holes myself after removing his attempt of repairing them. I found that cleaning up the mess he made on larger holes is too much work and too much time that I don't have. I plan on using body filler to smooth out his fibre work and I will be primering/painting afterwards. Is there anything I need to know about resin-filler-primer adhesion or anything?

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Old May 8, 2008 | 08:06 PM
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Default Re: Body work on a '72 tent trailer. Tips, advice, comments welcome (blackdc)

Yeah it you can't handle your alcohol, don't do this kind of work when you are drunk Way to go, in for pics
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Old May 9, 2008 | 07:49 AM
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if it were mine, I would strip off everything the previous owner did and just glass the whole top again.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 09:37 PM
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Well I repatched most of the holes that he did before. But I'm asking advice more in the filler/adhesion part of the project.


Modified by blackdc at 2:09 PM 5/11/2008
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Old May 26, 2008 | 09:01 PM
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Ok I got most of the body work done, I'm going to sand some more tomorrow morning and hopefully primer/paint by the end of the week. Pics up soon.
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