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waspes

Hi if I go to a show and have a solar panel, and oyster sat dish fitted with sikaflex, will it be ok to drive home that night.

Thanks Peter.

brillopad

peter

i stuck my oyster on my roof it was ok the next day, but i wouldnt drive the same day , of course it will depend on the temp on the day , you wouldnt want to loose the lot, still if you do, tell me ill follow you and get my self a solar for free, dennis

spindrifter

Hi Peter

With that sort of spend the answer to your query is NO. Wait 24 hours. Why risk it?

Regards

David (Spindrifter)

rowley

If I remember correctly the Camos instructions suggested 48hrs.

Spacerunner

We had a 80 watt solar panel Sikaflexed on at the Shepton show last September. The panel was fixed by Sikaflex only ( no screws ) on Saturday, The installer came back and checked it on Sunday. We drove home to Hampshire on the Monday with no problems.

PS...Solar Solutions supplied and installed.

eddievanbitz

Just a thought, but I have always wondered about this. How do people feel about having their vans worked on, in the middle of a muddy field, potentially in the wind and rain from a bloke with a ladder?

This is not a pop at anyone at all as I know lots of fitters who install at the shows and like all works in life some are good some are bad, but I wouldn't dream of letting somone loose on my van unless in a clean controlled enviroment

Regarding sticking down the unit, it will depend on the temperature for curing times so I guess that you will have to hope for a sunny day (not too sunny though as it it get too hot, it skins and wont cure properly)

davesport

48 hrs IMO is the minimum. Sikaflex is cured through its reaction with atmospheric moisture. (No you cant speed up the reaction by spraying water on it) Sad

I did some control patches using the Sika I used to bond my panels on. The outside skins over after a few hours. The remainder took two days to cure fully.

Full information from Sika

Spacerunner

Jean-Luc

BE VERY VERY CAREFUL !!!!!!. What are you bonding to??. Are there other M/H's like Rapido which have a 'floating' outer skin of GRP on the roof. When I was fitting my crank-up I drilled the required hole with a hole cutter and low and behold discovered that the outer skin of GRP was not attached to the aluminium skin underneath (only held in place by other fittings like the heki and vents). I only used the Sikaflex to seal the base but used the screw option to fix it as I didn't want my new dish to take off with a sizeable piece of the outer layer of my roof.