Traveller Side Window Frames

[billlobban]

One of the previous keepers decided, rightly or wrongly, to completely seal in my side windows and deliberately blocking the drain holed. He (or she) sealed in the old rotten frames with a mixture of sealant, cataloy, araldite and cement so I dismantled the frames with more than a little trepedation. However his bodge seemes to have worked (OK it looked horrible and he varnished the wood with a toilet brush) no rot evident - did take me 8 hours to strip off his old goo though.

Question - what gets sealed to what and with what?

[bmcecosse]

Dunno about sealing - but make sure the drain holes are all cleared - and a really good idea to soak the timber (several times) with Cuprinol 5 star treatment before refitting everything. I also soaked mine with Teak Oil - that was after tediously scraping off all the horrible old varnish. Needless to say - I don't use varnish........but then again - my car doesn't get wet.

[timmo]

You need to seal the inside midrail to the frame....stops water coming inside..if your lucky LOL Make sure the runners have drain holes in too or they will fill up and overflow inside as well

[bmcecosse]

I think traditionally - Dum Dum was used to make the seal on the inside.