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Conference napalm::guitar

Title:GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion
Notice:Discussion of the finer stringed instruments
Moderator:KDX200::COOPER
Created:Thu Aug 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3280
Total number of notes:61432

2841.0. "Vinyl Repair" by NACAD::HERTZBERG (History: Love it or Leave it!) Tue Oct 26 1993 10:14

    
    I noticed recently while dragging my amp out of the back of the station
    wagon that I have some rips and tears in the vinyl.  There doesn't seem
    to be much material missing, if any.
    
    I like keeping the amp in as good condition as possible.  How can if
    repair this?  Can it just be glued down?  With what?
    
    							Marc
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2841.1LEDS::BURATIlay back and dream on a rainy dayTue Oct 26 1993 10:335
    I've always used Elmers white glue or maybe Elmers [yellow] Carpenters
    glue for glueing tolex back down. It's very effective. Where the pieces
    were good fits, you can't tell where I've made repairs.

    --Ron
2841.2MANTHN::EDDLook out fellas, it's shredding time...Tue Oct 26 1993 10:3410
    You can buy vinyl repair kits in the automotive dept. of most stores.
    
    The kits consist of 6-8 vials of goop that you mix together to the
    proper color. Smear the goop into the crack, then you use an iron and
    some small pieces of material to simulate the texture. A little Armor-
    All and you're all set...
    
    Your application should respond real well.
    
    Edd
2841.3GOES11::HOUSEDid it. Done it. *WHAP* owwww!Tue Oct 26 1993 12:054
    I always used contact cement to glue mine back down, seemed to work
    fine...
    
    Greg
2841.4TALOFA::HARMONPaul Harmon, DECtp/EastTue Oct 26 1993 12:595
    I used one of those vinyl repair kits on a speaker cabinet a long time
    ago.  It worked just fine (you could barely tell any repair had
    happened unless you really looked for it).
    
    Paul
2841.5think they'll buy it?NAVY5::SDANDREAWannaJam?Tue Oct 26 1993 13:164
    I use silver duct tape.....for that 'road worn' look....."Yeah man, I
    used that cab for the '78 *and* '79 world tour".....
    
    8)
2841.6GOES11::HOUSEDid it. Done it. *WHAP* owwww!Tue Oct 26 1993 14:365
    Actually, I kind of like that road-worn look, with pieces of Tolex
    flappin in the breeze generated by the speakers and stuff.  My 4x12 cab
    is definitely a good example of this.
    
    gh
2841.7KDX200::COOPERTesting my new personal nameTue Oct 26 1993 16:135
    I can vouch for that...
    :-)
    
    jc (Who also has a 1960A which looks like it was drug to most gigs,  
        but still sounds cool... :-)