I have done similar before and not had any issues, perhaps i was just
lucky.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Graham
Singleton
Sent: Sunday, 4 January 2009 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Bubble doors
<grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
craig bastin wrote:
> If you are totally commited to getting the extra head room with the
> bubble door "glass"
> you might try taking the doors off and gradually and carefully heating
> the offending area with the door upside
> down and allow it to sag under its own weight. then let it cool and
> replace the doors
> Of course this approach would only give you an extra 20 to 30mm. This
> way if you are happy with the
> result it has cost you very little, and if you wreck the "glass" then
> you can still go ahead and replace it
> as you first intended.
>
> craig
You will wreck the Plexi if you do that. It reverts to it's "memory
state" when heated above 130C, ie flat but bent. It will shrink
Graham
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