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Glen

  • Posts: 243
Maintaining / protecting a roof rack
« on: January 04, 2012, 10:30:38 pm »
Is it worth maintaining a roof rack? It's a Renault OEM fitted to a van and there are surface rust spots where ladders etc have been slid on/off.

Will it take a long time for the metal to corrode to the point of needing to be replaced?

Even if it was touched up with paint, I can't see a how it coulod be prevented from reoccurring.
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Carl@Cwc

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Re: Maintaining / protecting a roof rack
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2012, 10:38:32 pm »
LOOK OUT WINDOW IF STILL ATTACHED .if still attached with ladders still on top  shut window open tinnys and relax  8))
custies want clean windows not roof racks.
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d s windowcleaning

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Re: Maintaining / protecting a roof rack
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2012, 10:57:49 pm »
put some pipe insulation over the roof bars using some tigh raps
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where theres muck theres money

Glen

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Re: Maintaining / protecting a roof rack
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2012, 09:25:50 pm »
Quote from: carl@Clear-View on January 04, 2012, 10:38:32 pm
LOOK OUT WINDOW IF STILL ATTACHED .if still attached with ladders still on top  shut window open tinnys and relax  8))
custies want clean windows not roof racks.

What are you on about?
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carl stanton

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Re: Maintaining / protecting a roof rack
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2012, 10:30:47 pm »
Quote from: Glen on January 05, 2012, 09:25:50 pm
Quote from: carl@Clear-View on January 04, 2012, 10:38:32 pm
LOOK OUT WINDOW IF STILL ATTACHED .if still attached with ladders still on top  shut window open tinnys and relax  8))
custies want clean windows not roof racks.

What are you on about?

more like what are the tinnys on about!!  its the beer doing some of the talking  ;D  *hick*
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bobby p

Re: Maintaining / protecting a roof rack
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2012, 07:44:01 am »
years back i knew a guy who sandblasted and powder coated items for a living  .saw him do a few roofracks and they really looked lovely  . if i was having a roofrack done it would  be worth getting it sandblasted first so that the powder/paint gets  a very good grip
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Spruce

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Re: Maintaining / protecting a roof rack
« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2012, 05:56:21 pm »
Why not get it galvanised?
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Pope vader

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Re: Maintaining / protecting a roof rack
« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2012, 05:58:46 pm »
paint it with hammerrite
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Slash

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Re: Maintaining / protecting a roof rack
« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2012, 06:05:11 pm »
There is no point painting the rack where the ladders slide on and off as the paint will soon wear awau
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