Fellows,
Anyone had good luck filling the small hole in the head of pop rivet prior to painting. If so what material was used?
Doug
Using a shave head rivet is the better solution. But I have had success on a couple of occasions filling the center of a simple pop rivet with JB Weld.
Look on a rivet specific site for 'umbrella caps' for your type of rivet.
I think you'll like the look better than the alternatives.
HTH
Jay
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Quote from: TomCat on June 20, 2010, 08:13:56 PM
Look on a rivet specific site for 'umbrella caps' for your type of rivet.
I thought I remembered there being something like that. But couldn't remember the term and was coming up blank on searches on the wrong keywords.
Here is an example of them: http://www.bylerrivet.com/products/items-list.aspx?cat=136 (http://www.bylerrivet.com/products/items-list.aspx?cat=136)
(https://busconversionmagazine.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bylerrivet.com%2Fimages%2Fcatalog%2Fcategory136.jpg&hash=c049b7145aa3df55ad85987be0728c9b3c86a8f1)
Or you could tune them so they play music while going down the road lol.
Fellows,
Dreamscape notified me to look for an aluminum plug that drives into the hole left where the pop rivet pin comes out of in the center of the rivet.
I Googled mushroom cap and found a company called Hansen Rivet in Pacoima, Ca. that had these. I phoned them an purchased a box of 100 for $17.00.
I will post how they work in a few days.
Thanks Paul!
Thanks,
Doug
I use thousands of these in my business. AS far as I know they are only available for 3/16 pop rivets. Also be aware that not all pop rivets are the same so the caps might not work with all of them. I bought some rivets and caps from different manufacturers and the caps would not stay in the hole. They fell out. So I "sqished" the shank with a hammer to deform it and they worked. Pain in the butt though.
Fred,
I had the same issue so I put a dab of silicone on the shank and hammered them it, has worked great so far. I figure it helped to seal the hole also. You are right though, not all pop rivets are the same.
Paul
Hey Doug, could you bring 10 of those with you to BUSN" and let me buy them from you? I have 2 or 3 that i need to fix on my 5A. :)