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Re: Covering a Dash and Trim Chome Question

To: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>, "BJ8Healeys"
Subject: Re: Covering a Dash and Trim Chome Question
From: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 17:32:04 -0400
Patton,
Another useful trick is when applying and smoothing the vinyl into the 
contours, use an old teaspoon instead of your thumb.
If the vinyl is the expanding type (stretchy) as opposed to the non 
expanding, it will be much more forgiving. Also the thinner the vinyl the 
better. Thick non expanding vinyl will be much more difficult to work around 
the outer perimeter curves.
Rich Chrysler

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
To: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; "Healey List" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: Covering a Dash and Trim Chome Question


> ....Also, carefully using a heat gun or hair dryer to make the Vinyl more
> pliable, helps, ...along with the darts. Start at the center, and work 
> your
> way to the edges. Use a good, strong upholstery contact cement, so that 
> once
> you have it formed, it stays. Doing a "dry" fitting first, with heat, 
> helps to
> form the piece, just a bit, making the final install a bit easier.
> David W. Jones
> '62 Mk II BT7 tricarb
> Cumberland, RI USA
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: BJ8Healeys
>  To: Healey List
>  Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 11:50 AM
>  Subject: Re: Covering a Dash and Trim Chome Question
>
>
>  Hi, Patton -
>
>  Upholsterers use darts to keep the wrinkles out as the material is
> stretched
>  around curves.  Darts are V-shaped slits in the edge of the material. 
> The
>  tighter the curve, the more darts you use.  Be careful not to cut them so
> far
>  from the edge into the material that the darts will show.
>
>  Steve Byers
>  HBJ8L/36666
>  BJ8 Registry
>  Havelock, NC  USA
>    ----- Original Message -----
>    From: Patton Dickson
>    To: Healey List
>    Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 11:27 AM
>    Subject: Covering a Dash and Trim Chome Question
>
>
>    Thanks for everyones help. JoAnn's Fabric carries over 10 different 
> types
>  of
>    black vinyl, and I got a very close match for $5.99 a yard. I felt like
> my
>    wife must feel when I drag her to a auto parts place, but they were
>  helpful.
>     This afternoon, I am going to cover the dash. Any suggestions for
> keeping
>    wrinkles off while following the contours. Also, I noticed that the 
> trim
>    ring around the surround has become pitted (rather quickly), I had
> thought
>    that they were stainless. What is the best stuff to protect chrome from
>    pitting?
>     Thanks
>    Patton




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