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1. taut tonneaus (score: 1): Author: joseph_cianciotti@ccmail_gw.gmosf.com; Date: Sat, 22 Feb 97 21:47:42 PST; Is there a way to stretch a tonneau that's shrunk over time? I can get it to fit left to right, I can't seem to make it all the way to the snaps on the dash. (I know, a DPO installed snaps instead of; /html/mgs/1997-02/msg01099.html (7,433 bytes)
2. RE: taut tonneaus (score: 1): Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@msn.com>; Date: Mon, 24 Feb 97 00:37:15 UT; I've been there and have 2 perfectly good tonneaus sitting in my garage waiting for that magical tonneua growth hormone to be available. I suspect the PO used Armor All on them (see previous note) wh; /html/mgs/1997-02/msg01125.html (8,157 bytes)
3. RE: taut tonneaus (score: 1): Author: Jeremy Baxter <jeremy.baxter@parallax.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 13:49:46 -0000; Have you tried applying Armor all to the entire car, thus shrinking the whole car, and then seeing if the tonneau will fit? This is also a good way to get a midget if you currently have a B Jez ( 72; /html/mgs/1997-02/msg01142.html (7,971 bytes)
4. Re: taut tonneaus (score: 1): Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen); Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 09:32:17 -0500; Hi Joseph: I had (still have) this problem. I solved it by making short extender tabs from pieces of very high grade synthetic rubber gasket material. I cut the tabs about 3 inches long by 1 1/4 inc; /html/mgs/1997-02/msg01151.html (8,472 bytes)
5. RE: taut tonneaus (score: 1): Author: David Hall <dhall@vcd.hp.com>; Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 09:15:02 -0800; Does Armor All really cause shrinkage of vinyl?? (He asks as he has recently soaked his Midget tonneau...) I might have one for your collection in a few months! Dave (gee, but it sure looks good) Ha; /html/mgs/1997-02/msg01154.html (8,666 bytes)
6. Re: taut tonneaus (score: 1): Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen); Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 13:21:57 -0500; Hi Scott: I don't know what it's called but I'll find out. Incidentally it makes great engine gaskests as it is temperature and solvent proof. I used it to make a gasket for the heater valve/block i; /html/mgs/1997-02/msg01163.html (9,184 bytes)
7. Re: taut tonneaus (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 17:19:52 -0500 (EST); Funny this should come up. I have been annoyed by the quality of some of the rubber gaskets that come with things like reproduction rear view mirrors. The rubber turns soft and deteriorates quickly.; /html/mgs/1997-02/msg01167.html (8,901 bytes)
8. Re: taut tonneaus (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 19:38:13 -0500; It hasn't changed. I've been there and have 2 perfectly good tonneaus sitting in my garage waiting for that magical tonneua growth hormone to be available. I suspect the PO used Armor All on them (s; /html/mgs/1997-02/msg01172.html (8,295 bytes)
9. Re: taut tonneaus (score: 1): Author: kgstuart@juno.com (RANDELL S KEGG); Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 19:30:53 PST; I have not personally done this, but someone posted this technique to the list some time ago. Apparently the idea is to hang the fabric by one end and tie two cinder blocks to the other end. Let it h; /html/mgs/1997-02/msg01175.html (8,675 bytes)
10. Re: taut tonneaus (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 19:58:43 -0500; I know I'm going to get flamed for this, but I think the notion of armor all shrinking vinyl is nuts. I've never heard of it other then in this particular mail group. I've used it, as have zillions; /html/mgs/1997-02/msg01179.html (8,139 bytes)
11. RE: taut tonneaus (score: 1): Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>; Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 18:40:20 -0800 (PST); We actually did apply Armor All to a formerly black Fiat Spider that was severely faded from the AZ sun. It looked stunning for a couple of days... Ulix __/__,__ .....................................; /html/mgs/1997-02/msg01182.html (8,421 bytes)
12. Re: taut tonneaus (score: 1): Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>; Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 21:53:07 -0800 (PST); That didn't work for me. I lived in Tucson, AZ at the time and several times tried to stretch my tonneau by letting it get hot in the desert sun and then stretching it to some of the studs that it wo; /html/mgs/1997-02/msg01187.html (8,872 bytes)
13. Re: taut tonneaus (score: 1): Author: npenney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 07:58:36 -0800; Are you sure it was the right size in the first place? I have never heard of vinyl shrinking like this. If it did, it should come back just fine. After all, it's cloth backed, and it's the cloth tha; /html/mgs/1997-02/msg01190.html (8,240 bytes)
14. RE: taut tonneaus (score: 1): Author: David Hall <dhall@vcd.hp.com>; Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 07:43:49 -0800; It's funny, but I have heard both sides of the story here on the net. Some think Armor-All is the best thing since sliced bread, and others this it is the devil incarnate. I recently re-did my tonne; /html/mgs/1997-02/msg01200.html (9,484 bytes)

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