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Re: Upholstery trickery

8/27/1999 1:56 PM
Andrew McWhirter	Re: Upholstery trickery I read a tip on the old Ampage that suggested white or yellow PVA, thinned ~10%, is the best choice. That's what I used, and it worked fine. Other tips: Use a razor sharp craft knife to get really neat cuts on the corners. Don't try to do it all at once. Do (say) both sides, then let that dry (an hour or so) and then do the other surfaces. Tweed won't stretch very much around curves, like in the oval cutouts in back panels, or on the inside corner of the control panel cutout, if it's a chassis-down-the-back style. I found that I could just get it to stretch enough to do the oval cutouts, but no way was it going to do the inside corners of the control panel cutout. I glued small scraps in there first. Hold edges in place with masking tape while the glue dries. Mojo tweed is wider (at 66") than the stuff AES has, and is prelacquered (both a blessing and a curse - the lacquer is the reason it won't stretch very well, but at least you won't have to lacquer later) I dunno enough about the peculiarities of the narrow panel cabinets to give you anything specific there, sorry! Hope that helps you a bit. Andrew

8/27/1999 1:56 PM

Andrew McWhirter

Re: Upholstery trickery

I read a tip on the old Ampage that suggested white or yellow PVA, thinned ~10%, is the best choice. That's what I used, and it worked fine.

Other tips:

Use a razor sharp craft knife to get really neat cuts on the corners.

Don't try to do it all at once. Do (say) both sides, then let that dry (an hour or so) and then do the other surfaces.

Tweed won't stretch very much around curves, like in the oval cutouts in back panels, or on the inside corner of the control panel cutout, if it's a chassis-down-the-back style. I found that I could just get it to stretch enough to do the oval cutouts, but no way was it going to do the inside corners of the control panel cutout. I glued small scraps in there first.

Hold edges in place with masking tape while the glue dries.

Mojo tweed is wider (at 66") than the stuff AES has, and is prelacquered (both a blessing and a curse - the lacquer is the reason it won't stretch very well, but at least you won't have to lacquer later)

I dunno enough about the peculiarities of the narrow panel cabinets to give you anything specific there, sorry!

Hope that helps you a bit.

Andrew

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tubegirl Thanks for the tips, Andrew - they ... -- 8/27/1999 2:08 PM