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Subject Topic: FAO: Wizard HELP PLEASE ! ! !
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Personcufcbarside
25/5/2008 at 12:09pm
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Dear Wizard,

We have had a crisis over the weekend with our awning got dragged over the top of the caravan and one of the awning poles has put a little dent with a hole through the panel. we have put duck tape over the hole.

our question seeking his most experienced lordships answer is, is there anything we can use to fill the hole. Mark has looked at plastic padding from halfords or liquid steel to fill and smooth it over.

we would appreciate yours and anybody elses advice in our moment of crisis.

regards

Elizabeth

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Personsolar-hippies
25/5/2008 at 12:31pm
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hi that on the roof or the side


Personcufcbarside
25/5/2008 at 12:58pm
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it is on the side ! thank you for your time !

we appreciate it

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Personlunarjon
25/5/2008 at 1:19pm
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hello elizabeth and mark if you can get away with it id put a reflector on there if the hole isnt to big


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that is what i was going to say . and get the duck tape off pronto otherwise it will stain the van and be a pig to get off


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we lost a awrning of a van three years to the day in scarbrough


Personlunarjon
25/5/2008 at 1:41pm
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ive never been unlucky enough one thing i do now is always use my storm straps even when its hot you never know what is ahead


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they did us no good , the whole thing was ripped out of the awrning channel realy screwed the van , but the awrning only ended up with a bent pole and a very little 5p sized tear


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you were lucky i saw\ a van the other week that had its rail pulled off


Personcufcbarside
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Hi Friends

a major big hug for you all, just a quickie though, the duck tape we used to cover it how quickly do we need to get it off or could it wait till the weekend.

big hugs

Elizabeth

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25/5/2008 at 2:44pm
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i should think it would be ok just remember tot ake off all the glue the tape it leaves behind and you should be ok id also put a bit of silicon in the hole before you put a reflector on it and remember to do both sides as it will look odd otherwise


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Plastic padding and spray paint worked for me, but it all depends on how big the hole is.


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28/5/2008 at 8:32pm
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Hi Elizabeth , what size hole / dent do you have on the side of the caravan .
You could cover with a vent cover like these  Click_here
Or as others have suggested a reflector . Do make sure you use caravan mastic and not silicone sealant .
You could also do what Emmo suggests and fill with Plastic padding then spray .

atb

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