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Re: Top Rails

To: Charlie Frazer <cfrazer@ballmer.uoregon.edu>
Subject: Re: Top Rails
From: Art Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 17:20:31 -0500 (EST)
Staples should go in unless your gun does not have enough power. You might
want to try some small tacks. If you are concerned about splitting the
wood, pre drill it.
...Art

On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Charlie Frazer wrote:

> Does anyone out there have experience with restoring MGB roadster door
> top rails?  
> I've been able to recover the wooden rails with vinyl using staples and
> a staple gun to hold the vinyl in place. However, the inner window brush
> has a metal core which defies my staple gun.  
> I fear that nails will split the wood, and upholstry tacks don't seem to
> hold.
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks,
> Charlie Frazer
> cfrazer@oregon.uoregon.edu
> 


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