The ORW..after Re-Build.

[JoFotoz]

Hiya Marlin

I ended up with a Zip lock full of spare torx/bolts/clips etc

Partly because of the cut down front cladding,...
....partly cause I used #12 sheet metal screws in hidden spots.

Partly because...aint that how it always goes!!


I have several areas of Line-X on the cladding that are peeling off...
...adhesion is an issue for sure.
Scott ( Bartman) has the same problems and his is fully encapsulated...

However we ..Jason ( Line-X San Diego) and Moi..are experimenting...
...when we find the solution...I'll let you know.

Jo

[Marlin]

I wonder if the top coat will make a difference? Since it is a lot like paint, it may help keep the LineX "tight" for a lack of better words? I walked around mine, I don't see any peeling parts, but its only been a week and no freeway driving. A TON of rain though.
What did you end up doing with your grill insert?

[JoFotoz]

Grill insert is Line-X'ed...heck, everything is Line-X'ed except the windows and lights

The encapsulation will help until you get a tear in it as Scott/Bartman did.

The Line-X will peel back around the tear....
....mine is peeling back from feathered edge of Line-X in a few places.

I am going to play with different barrier primers on some scrap cladding I have....
..... especially Rustoleum Plastic primer.

I hope Jason/L-X San Diego will hassle Line-X HQ to look at this issue too....THEY need a solution..
...as it will expand their spraying capabilities.

Jo

[Marlin]

I had never thought of all the uses of linex, but while I was there, a guy brought in a plywood tank, linex inside, use it has a livewell for stocking fish in ponds. He had tried Gel coat for boats, fiberglass, still leaked. LineX fixed it right up.
(I hate posting from my phone, stupid fat fingers)
As for tearing on plastic, the owner told me that you can use a plastic specific epoxy, he showed me some stuff they had, it was an industrial kind of stuff,two part, kind of melts the plastic, and bonds to the LineX really well. I need to find out where to get it, I will let you know. May be an option pending what you come up with, or maybe better for patching tears?

[JoFotoz]

Cool...

As for tearing on plastic, the owner told me that you can use a plastic specific epoxy, he showed me some stuff they had, it was an industrial kind of stuff,two part, kind of melts the plastic, and bonds to the LineX really well. I need to find out where to get it, I will let you know. May be an option pending what you come up with, or maybe better for patching tears?

...do let me know.

Spray application of a barrier coat of epoxy is one of the option we are looking at..so any info would be great.

I'm hoping the Rustoleum Plastic Primer works...its so easy to apply.

Wont know for a month or so...too much other stuff happening right now...
....and the ORW had all the time I can spare on her for now, prior to Moab!

jo