As you can see it used to have some plastic covering. The frame is held together with (sorta brittle) plastic pins but my main focus is how I’d re-cover the frame in plastic:

  • What sort of adhesives should I consider for outdoor metal-plastic bonding?

  • Is adhesive and soft (clear) plastic even a good idea?

  • Have any of you done something similar?

  • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    3·
    28 days ago

    shit I dunno, it’s thick. I figured it was some nominal b.s. like with lumber where it’s totally not the thing, but people talk like it is. I would guess it’s like 1.5-2 mm actual. I don’t know what “mil” refers to, maybe some machine gauge?

    • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      6·
      28 days ago

      found an answer.

      This thickness is indicated as MIL (thousandth of an inch).

      I worked for a while in The Academy, so we flipped around units a lot depending on the audience. I just assumed this was one of the SI friendly units.

      what a dumb country. thousandths of an inch, what a useful meaurement! lmao