| Re: Bullitthead re bath door repair [message #328545 is a reply to message #328544] |
Tue, 23 January 2018 14:23   |
Bullitthead
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Registered: November 2013
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Steve,
I had cosmetic damage from loose cargo that smashed a dent in the outside laminate. This door is made with an aluminum frame with the inside Formica bonded (glued, no screws)to it, and a cardboard honeycomb bonded to the Formica to fill the inside of the door. Then another sheet of woodgrain Formica is bonded to the cardboard and the frame. I'm sure it was all done on a large platen with hot sprayed glue and a press and then the outside edges were machined perfect to the aluminum frame. 3 flimsy pieces and some cardboard and glue make something so strong you could use it as a bunk bed for an adult. Got it apart now and can't find a glue to effectively bond the Formica chips back together.
My hinges are screwed to the aluminum frame, not bonded, so your construction must be different. Unless you are saying the frame has come unbonded from the Formica panels, in which case you are in the same boat as me, needing a good glue to rebond the panels to aluminum or anything else. Cyanoacrylate (superglue)does not work on naked broken Formica, wood glue worked better, everything else rubs off. GM had it years ago, but I'm sure there was some equipment involved... looks like sprayed on red contact cement.
Terry Kelpien
ASE Master Technician
73 Glacier 260
Smithfield, Va.
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