Re: [VAL] Lexan windows and split heads

["Forrest" <forrest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andy,

I ordered Lexan prescription glasses a few years ago. They too had scratch
resistant coating, but never the less they did not hold up nearly as well as
glass lens. I've since returned to glass lens for my eye prescription. The
problem of Lexan's flexibility (which can be a plus in the right
application) doesn't end simply along the edges where the metal trim that
you sell can be installed. On the larger windows plastic tends to lie flat
toward the middle, and then bow out along the edges. The metal trim itself
can interfer with obtaining a weather tight seal, especially where the clips
are along the bottom edge. The trim makes for a more complicated window (in
terms of obtaining a good seal), and it will split open your head just as
easily as the polished edges of the Corning glass.

If someone continues to have problems running into open Airstream windows
(whether it be Corning or some other year) then there is a simple solution.
Buy some inexpensive copper pipe insulation. It is a flexible foam tube that
fits over copper pipe and is split along one side. Cut it to the appropriate
length, open it up at the split and slip it over the edge of your open
windows. It will stay on even better with framed windows, you can nearly
close the window with it in place. If you want to got even farther with this
idea go to a toy store. They have these bright colored foam tubes, sometimes
called "boppers", that kids harmlessly hit each other with. These foam tubes
also have a split running along the side and can be opened up and again
slipped over the edge of windows. Being bright colored and thicker they
would offer even more protection.

Forrest