Door skin coming off

[pritch]

Afternoon folks,

It seems that the outer skin on one of my rear doors is parting company with the rest of the door.  Any suggestions on how to fix this?  Is it the sort of thing that can be pop-rivetted and then have some sort of sealant run inside the joint?

I'd rather not weld it if at all possible, as that'll involve me tracking down someone who can weld aluminium.

[hobbit]

Has the steel inner of the door along the bottom rusted or just the ally choroded away

[pritch]

Steel looks OK.  Bit of surface rust, but that'll clean up.

I'm thinking about cleaning up both surfaces, and using some sort of adhesive, then running some sealant inside to try and keep it from rusting down there.

What say you, Mud Club?

[robbie]

not sure what area is the problem, but sometimes fibreglass can sometimes do the trick. If it is structural or severe, then something more substantial may be needed

[pritch]

Looking at the way that they've separated, I think I'll be able to just put some sort of sufficiently thick adhesive on the mating surfaces, which means that I don't have to fart about with fibreglass (hate that stuff)

Suppose I'd better do it soon.  I'm in danger of lopping pedestrians off at the knee if it gets any worse!

[robbie]

If you goto screwfix, they sell adhesive that will stick s**t to s**t without  any bother, so it should be simple to stick steel to anything else...

their telephone number is 0500 41 41 41

they have loads of adhesives in the catalogue

[NiceBlueWellies]

If you goto screwfix, they sell adhesive that will stick s**t to s**t without  any bother, so it should be simple to stick steel to anything else...

 :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[hobbit]

If you follow the fibre glass path, you could always use the paste version, works like filler but grips as a fibre glass quite solid

[pritch]

If you follow the fibre glass path, you could always use the paste version, works like filler but grips as a fibre glass quite solid

Interesting.  Think I'll wander over to Halfords tomorrow to see what's what.  I looked at No More Nails earlier, but apparently it needs at least one porous surface.  I don't think the steel has quite got that bad yet!

[robbie]

We fastened the rear wings to the wheel arches on the Suzie last year with fibreglass patches and then paste. It is still holding :)

[hobbit]

Although you prob wont want to drill holes in the outer skin on the vehicle, if you hole the inner piece it will give more grip to the paste, unless you dont mind drilling holes into the panels, just dent the holes in a  bit, the past will then spread out into the dent on the outside, then can be rubbed down, filled and sprayed over. Like a fibre glass rivet

[lee celtic]

Use seakaflex or stikaflex you can get it from boat yards and it is used for sticking decks to hulls is is the strongest stuff I have ever seen :shock:

we used it a few years ago to assemble tha body of a camper van comes in loads of colours too. :D