Prevost XLII Skin Delamination Repair

[travelite]

I completely agree Arctic Bird. It'd be a cold day in hell before I'd let someone drill my panels and drill my XLII space frame structure. Before that happens I'd scour the earth for a suitable adhesive, and if we only get 10 years out of our adhesives, then every 10 years I'd re-adhere the panels! I kinda feel sorry for the people that went for the rivets and cover strip approach. I think many of them were heavily influenced in this direction by others. There's still no guarantee that the rivet and cover strip approach will be water tight 10 years down the road, and now they're left with a huge job should the panels need to be removed and re-sealed. Plus, they have holes in the super structure for moisture to collect and rust to form. Remember, unlike the H3 which is stainless, the XLII uses mild steel square section tubing.