Windows cracking with gasoline

Hi guys, every time I spill gasoline into the polycarbonate windows they crack so I ask anybody how to solve this issue
Thnks
Lucas

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Permalink Reply by Joe Hopwood on October 15, 2017 at 1:54pm

I think I would quit spilling gasoline.  It is too expensive to waste.

Permalink Reply by John Austin on October 15, 2017 at 2:41pm

There isn't a solution other than don't spill it!  I've never had gas crack polycarbonate, but I did have some drip down onto one of my 750's windows and it made a hazy, decolorized streak in the tinted polycarbonate.  Acrylic ("plexiglass") tolerates gas better but certainly isn't as tough as polycarbonate.

John

N750A

Permalink Reply by Jonathan Porter on October 15, 2017 at 7:25pm
Lexan (polycarbonate ) hates fuel or loctite. That sadly will not change. You will need to find a way to fuel that prevents drips hitting the material.
Permalink Reply by François Balaux on October 15, 2017 at 8:20pm

Hi

You could use acrylic instead of polycarbonate. Bubble doors are made of that and resist fuel spills.

Regards,

Francois

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