Roof repair (1 Viewer)

[Baycott]

Today I got round to repairing the roof of our Autotrail Tracker that I damaged by catching a shop sign last month. All carried out with the help of my friend and neighbour. Thanks Roy!!!

 

[PP Bear]

Wow, brilliant job!! I think it takes skill and guts to cut a hole, take out the broken and then do such a good job on it

We know who to come too now then, don't we

 

[tambo]

Excellent job

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[musson]

That looks spot on great job

 

[grasscutter]

Very impressive. You must be really pleased with the results.

 

[PhilandMena]

Great job. Would it not be possible to sand down damaged area and then use filler before smoothing and polish!

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[Geo]

Great job. Would it not be possible to sand down damaged area and then use filler before smoothing and polish!

My thoughts too made a job and a half outa that one

 

[MikeD]

The results look great - well done

 

[Baycott]

Great job. Would it not be possible to sand down damaged area and then use filler before smoothing and polish!

No it was a lot worse than it looks in the photos. It was so soft that you could easily have pushed a finger through it. I think too soft to fill against.

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[autoswan]

Nice looking job there, i had to make a similar repair last year, glad when it turns out well.

 

[TheBig1]

couple of strips of duct tape and some white paint

 

[autoswan]

white duct tape mun

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[Baycott]

white duct tape mun

Couldn't find any. Only had silver and it stuck out like a sore thumb

 

[autoswan]

happened 3 weeks before france trip last year so just had a go and still looks ok. i can always get a new sticker to put over it later if i think it needs it but not noticeable so far.

 

[Baycott]

View attachment 41986 View attachment 41988 View attachment 41989 View attachment 41990 View attachment 41991 happened 3 weeks before france trip last year so just had a go and still looks ok. i can always get a new sticker to put over it later if i think it needs it but not noticeable so far.

Looks a great job to me
Have you enquired on the price of a decal to finish it off?

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[autoswan]

Thanks. I did try to get the decal but Auto trail don`t keep them, i had a contact which i hope ive put safe somewhere also a sign writer i know reckons he can copy one. But i will probably only get one if i sell it .

 

[funflair]

Hi Baycott

Nice job but in my opinion (20 years running a composite business) you would have been OK to grind away the Gelcoat and then harden up the remaining soft fibre with a polyester resin and then fill and paint.

I am not trying to criticise, rather offer an alternative option for anybody unlucky enough to be faced with the same problem.

In business we repaired a lot of carbon fibre bike frames and never cut areas away completely as it would cause a high stress point and the ultimate repair would not be as structurally sound, motorhome bodywork is not as highly stressed of course so either method works OK.

Martin

 

[Baycott]

Thanks for the advice Martin
Should I be unlucky enough to have another repair to do I will bear your suggestion in mind.

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[PP Bear]

View attachment 41986 View attachment 41988 View attachment 41989 View attachment 41990 View attachment 41991 happened 3 weeks before france trip last year so just had a go and still looks ok. i can always get a new sticker to put over it later if i think it needs it but not noticeable so far.

Oh wow, how on earth did you do that one

 

[DuxDeluxe]

Appreciate Martin's point, however that looks to be a great repair job

 

[DuxDeluxe]

Oh wow, how on earth did you do that one

Tight corner and an overhanging eave/gutter? (Speaks an embarrassed voice of experience)

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[PP Bear]

Tight corner and an overhanging eave/gutter? (Speaks an embarrassed voice of experience)

I've been really lucky to date. I've almost had the roof before, especially on an overhanging low building, but so far that lucky angel has sat on my shoulder

Nice repair job

 

[autoswan]

Yep it just had a service and new belt etc.. and it caught the corner of the garage office roof on blind side on the way out of the place, the guy that was supposed to be watching it back shouted stop and oops to late and was never seen again