1968 - door panel trim clips sources

[saylor]

I ended up moshing them

 

[saylor]

test fitting

and blam! Loctite PL premium applied under pressurized conditions

there is wax paper on the floor, then the product, then wax paper, then board, then paint cans. I don't have pictures of the gluing process.. I'm a one man show and the **** was curing fast....

 

[saylor]

the next morning was exciting to see the result!

 

[saylor]

so... you get the idea. wax on wax off.

here are all 4 after they are all cleaned up

 

[saylor]

so I bought this foam... its 2mm some-kind-of-craft-foam. its not what I expected. I'm a computer guy not an upholstererer what the hell do I know. I went with it. I bought the good glue so this is gonna stick the first time, get it flat.

oh. the fan. please wear long sleeves and have a fan on hi pulling air AWAY from your work area to outside when you are spraying glue. you will thank me later just do it.

 

[saylor]

see that cut in the bottom edge of the rear quarter panel? no idea why its there. unless its for like a convertible or something. the outer vinyl was not cut like that, but the cardboard was... I didn't notice it while drawing the pattern, so it got cut out. but I didn't need to.

anyways, trimming excess foam off after gluing

 

[Polara_500]

Looking good.

 

[saylor]

ok well this is the material I got today from jo ann fabrics in plano. this is not the first stuff I tried. I bought curtains off blamazon. they were 100% polyester and folded into an 8x10 pkg.... fkn 108x96 curtains. I could not get the fold crease lines out. I washed them a bunch. ironed them. hung them out. washed them a bunch. ironed them. hung them out. then I punted.
$100 and a dried up old help lady at joanns later, we have this

5 yards of standard black upholstery vinyl. sigh. you shoulda seen the curtains,, it was outer space, with a nebula...

 

[saylor]

boy take a fkn number at joa nns too, holy smokes those old bags will run you over.

OH and get a number ticket, THEN go find your roll of material. pull it, and bring it back.

and hold it over your shoulder like a rifle.

 

[saylor]

aight we test gluing the fabric to the ABS with PL30 premium . . . stand by

 

[Big_John]

aight we test gluing the fabric to the ABS with PL30 premium . . . stand by

The stuff everybody uses is 3M trim adhesive. #8088 is my first choice, 8090 will work too.

 

[cantflip]

aight we test gluing the fabric to the ABS with PL30 premium . . . stand by

Thank you for a great read... can't wait for the conclusion. BTW... Outer space? Nebula? Were you getting a black light too?

 

[Ripinator]

ok well this is the material I got today from jo ann fabrics in plano. this is not the first stuff I tried. I bought curtains off blamazon. they were 100% polyester and folded into an 8x10 pkg.... fkn 108x96 curtains. I could not get the fold crease lines out. I washed them a bunch. ironed them. hung them out. washed them a bunch. ironed them. hung them out. then I punted.
$100 and a dried up old help lady at joanns later, we have this
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5 yards of standard black upholstery vinyl. sigh. you shoulda seen the curtains,, it was outer space, with a nebula...

Thanks a lot, Saylor for posting this thread. I love this stuff!

 

[Ripinator]

I ended up moshing them
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What's a "mosh?"

 

[MarPar]

goin good! cant wait to see the finished product!

-try not to die

 

[GJS]

Pretty damned cool, Saylor. I've never gotten into interior work but assume I will in the very short term. This is answering a host of questions for me, esp as my car is 1800 miles and two months away from me being able to pick at it... killin me!

 

[68 dodge]

Yea good post man I like seeing stuff like this..

 

[saylor]

 

[saylor]

the 1st selection of material. its a damn shame it wouldn't lay flat. I know the pic is sideways but

 

[saylor]

here is a shot of using PL Premium to attach the vinyl to the backside of the panel. there may be better stuff than PL premium for this. it did not want to stay without help. the PL comes in a grease gun tube, so i shot some onto a paper plate and used a plastic knife to spread it.
today ill be able to see if this is gonna work or not.

oh - a pro tip - the wife says stick the middles first, so left side middle, right side middle, bottom middle. then half that distance and do it again. hope that makes sense...

try not to glue yourself to the door panel -

- saylor