Well, it did get into the mid 80sF yesterday and was still 70F in the middle of the night. Humidity was high too. Nice enough for sitting out for my nightly ritual though. I am hoping for a bit cooler, or drier, or both today.
Did auction stuff yesterday morning, and then later in the day I finally got out and did more body work on the cart. Since the piece of plastic I chose (from what was in my stacks) wasn’t actually PVC (sintra brand, like I thought) but some sort of thermoplastic, it did form well with heat, but didn’t bond with solvent based PVC glue. I’ve been shaping it to reinforce and fill the side of the cart body that burned away. I had one more piece to fit yesterday and then I could glue it all in place. I’ll add a 2mm piece of plastic to fill the part that was missing and level the patch to the rest of the body. I’ve got some white PVC ceiling tiles I’ll try, or I’ll go to a commercial plastic supplier nearby and see what ‘drops’ they have for sale. Used to be able to get all kinds of good stuff from them.
Anyway, I did some final tweaks to the very complex shape that replaced the rounded corner and I glued everything in place. I used screws as an alternative to clamping as I can fill the holes later. I really hope the new sticks to the old. I’m using Sika 252 which is a moisture cure, sandable, paintable body panel adhesive used in transportation (meaning they use it to glue truck bodies and boxes together, among other things. I used it on a scenic project like body filler or caulk, so I know how it sets up, and how it performs. I think. In any case, I’ll find out soon enough.
Then I did some auction stuff, read, and spent far too much time on youtube. The time change messed up my sense of how late it was.
Anyway, keep working, keep stacking.
nick