How to glue aluminum sheets on the camper truck habitat wall and lots of diy tips about the process
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ส.ค. 2024
- In this Episode you can see how we glued the aluminum sheets on to all walls on our habitat structure. For our Mercedes Benz 1222 AF 4x4 off road expedition truck build. DIY.
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Sikaflex 252 - amzn.to/3YSDb3L
Sika Activator 205 - amzn.to/3S7TO8T
Sika Primer 207 - amzn.to/415toJ5
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Sikaflex 252 - amzn.to/3EgazZT
Sika Activator 205 - amzn.to/3YEerf9
Sika Primer 207 - amzn.to/415toJ5
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Thank you for sharing, Oskar! Really good tips! Love your channel!🫶
Glad you like them!
Good to see an alternative type habitate build taking place. Good work man and very informative.
Thank you ! Much appreciated.
Another weeks great progress < good job Mario. I see 404 has been moved!
Thanks yes she made it to the door already :-)
Huge milestone reached. Congratulations. This will be a superb overlander when you finish. Love the content.
Thanks so much!
So much better than 2x4’s and plywood
Thank you !
Getting there. Great tips
Thank you !
Congratulations 🌟 👍 looks good.
Globe Trekker uses a power caulker with sikaflex not sure if 252. They make these Expedition panels. They have a build series that talks about using it and shows it in use often.
Thanks for the tips at the end. Very good breakdown about the expansion gaps.
Thanks for the info!
To clerify, you need to consider the mounting temperature in tip number 5
Thank you for your comment, the mounting temperature is not so important as long you are within the specified temperature for the glue process. But what I explained in tip number 5 was the constantly changing surrounding temperature through weather, elevations and season. That will have a thermal expansion impact on the sheets.
I watched most of your videos and was very impressed with your determination for all this amazing work, and wondered why you didn't use gelcoat polyester panels instead of aluminum sheets, the polyester panels are 5mm thick, have the advantage of measuring up to 12m long by 2.5m, so there is no need to make joints, but the difficulty is that it is impossible to handle alone.
Thank you for your question. Honestly I looked in to that at the beginning of my research but found out pretty quick that this is something I can't by domestically, needed to import it which creates higher cost. Also I can not do it without help and well sized work shop. I was afraid of having warped walls, steel and aluminum represent materials I feel comfortable to work with experience wise. But it is definitely a possibility to do it that way !
OSCAR; Ambition Strikes is the model for my build. They say use a pneumatic caulking gun to get the 252 out of the tubes. Please link your calculators so I can have this for my records. Thank you.
Oscar, what did you apply to the metal before the 252 Sika? thanks
To the metal rust preventive primer , after that the usual activator/primer/sika 😉
Hello Oscar. Great video. I wonder, could a full size FRP sheet (4mm) to cover the sides done the job as well? What do you think?
If you can get it in that size it would be a possibility. But not for me because I used FRP sheets in my trailer and the handle bar from my bike smashed a hole in to it very easy, so I like to have something stronger.
Hi Oscar, very informative - Quick question: If you have an expansion of 2,56 mm in the panel; and another panel next to it also expanding 2.56 mm, why did you only allow 3 mm gaps between the sheets? Using your numbers I would assume that the expansion allowance would not be enough?? Would be very interested in your clarification?
I am building a "Habitat" on to a 1995 Isuzu FTS 700 Australian Firetruck - low kilometers (35,000 kms in 38 years)
Really interesting video's - Cheers - Guy
Hi Guy thank you for commenting and I wish you all best with your project. In case of the expansion gab a aluminum sheet expands always to both sides, means roughly 1.3 mm to each side, if the adjacent sheet does the same there is still plenty of space for them to move back and forth.
Do you have to hold the vertical panels against the frame while the 252 sets?
You don't have to hold them, if you have squeezed them in the sika bead they hold in position.
Looks great! Did you consider using 3M VHB tape?
Yes I do but only at the roof. First I have to see how well the silicone beads look like and will I trust them, if not I apply the tape over the whole seam cover strip.
@@oscaroverlander_MB1222AF I meant instead of the Sika glue, for the panels? It is made for that. I am sure your work will never fall apart, your prepwork etc.
And I don’t think you’ll need extra strips at all.