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harborbarbie replied to jetalkington's topic in General Discussion
Just bought a new to me Toyota Itasca 91. I am in the process of re doing the cab over bunk from water damage. When I get to gluing down the wood and foam to the fiberglass skin, I'll have to check out the loctite powergrab 8x! Sounds like good stuff. -
Hello Ctgriffi - Just wanted to say Thank-You for the pics you posted on your cab over rebuild! They really have helped me visualize how it goes together. I am in the process right now of doing the same on my 91 Toyota Itasca and have a few questions I'd like to ask you if you have time to answer. 1) What did you use to remove old adhesive from fiberglass skin? 2) Do I need to remove outside corner molding screws and molding to install new inside corner boards? Thank-you for your help so far. Even though it's been a few years, your rebuild posts/pics are still helping people who are just starting their rebuild!
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Hi there! Glad that my old forum thread was helpful to you! It took a long time for me to finish that project, partly because of other responsibilities, partly 'cause of time/money availability, and partly 'cause I'm just very careful/slow at everything.
So far, it's holding up really well, and I love the stained plywood under the mattress.
In terms of removing adhesive from the inside of the fiberglass skin: once I had demo'd all the old wood and shop-vac'd everything really good, I just started scraping everything down with one of those 3-in-1 painter tools, vacuuming up all the dust and crud as I went. It doesn't need to look spotless, but you want to make sure that there's nothing loose in there—nothing that your new adhesive won't stick to well. (I think I probably used a mask, off and on, during these stages 'cause the dust can be pretty nasty.) By the way, I don't know if you've already purchased adhesive for the repair, but I ended up using a polyurethane construction product made my Loctite. That stuff was not cheap, when you end up using like 7 tubes of it, but it seemed to work well!
And, about your second question: You probably don't need to completely remove the outer molding itself, but, yes, you will need to remove the screws that come into the area where you're trying to add wood (you can't add wood to an area with a screw creating an obstruction, and also... you need those molding screws to be driven into the new wood because that's going to help tie everything together). Probably a good time to replace a bunch of those screws anyway; lots of folks just use deck screws since they're coated and rated for outdoor use.
Good luck with the project! Hope it turns out well for you.
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Thank-you for the info! That makes sense. Glad I can just take out the screws and not have to pull off the corner trim just yet . I just got this rig about a month ago. The previous owner said he took it in 3 times to have a leak fixed from a front bunk window blowout. I think this last leak developed from prior repairs not placing part of bunk floor wood into and under side walls. Looks like they then squirted a lot of caulk in the space!
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