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Tolex

4/7/2000 7:59 PM
Leopoldo	Tolex I've tried my hand at applying tolex using the 3M super 77 product. Oh man, what a disaster. In some spots I have glue smears that I'm trying to remove with alcohol. And the application was uneven in other places (with patches of loose tolex that I have to peel back and reglue now.) The biggest problem was that I was hoping to overlap tolex upon tolex for the seams, but it won't take. The later fenders used this approach, rather than using some sort of trim strip like the Marshalls. Any suggestion on how to get two pieces of tolex to stick to eachother (and also clean up my mistakes?)

4/7/2000 7:59 PM

Leopoldo

Tolex

I've tried my hand at applying tolex using the 3M super 77 product. Oh man, what a disaster. In some spots I have glue smears that I'm trying to remove with alcohol. And the application was uneven in other places (with patches of loose tolex that I have to peel back and reglue now.)

The biggest problem was that I was hoping to overlap tolex upon tolex for the seams, but it won't take. The later fenders used this approach, rather than using some sort of trim strip like the Marshalls. Any suggestion on how to get two pieces of tolex to stick to eachother (and also clean up my mistakes?)

Replies:

anonymous I've found it easier to match the e... -- 4/7/2000 9:25 PM
Jeff Stapleton I just did my first tolex project a... -- 4/7/2000 9:27 PM
pumpstein use some lemon oil to remove the ol... -- 4/7/2000 9:55 PM
DirkS A few weeks ago, I covered a narrow... -- 4/7/2000 11:58 PM