most of the auto supply stores sell vinyl repair kits, or at least, they used
to.
jerry wall
Rick Swain wrote:
>
> on 2/3/06 11:51 AM, Ned Smith at smithn00@kitepilot.net wrote:
>
> > I have found a wear hole in my BJ8 convertible top. Not a cut or a puncture
> > but a thin spot that you can almost see through. Does anyone have a way to
> > patch this kind of hole?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> >
> >
> > Ned Smith
>
>
> Ned
>
> My BN4 came with top that, unfortunately, a squirrel had chewed a hole in to
> get to a spot to store some nuts. I didn't want to replace an essentially
> new top because of a 1" diameter hole. My son had gotten some holes in a
> vinyl couch repaired by a fellow called Dr. Vinyl. He repaired the hole in
> the top with a patch on the inside. He used some sort of liquid vinyl on the
> outside and matched the texture of the top in the new vinyl before it dried.
> The repair is almost invisible (I can find it because I know where it is but
> I don't think a casual observer would notice it) on the outside and the
> patch on the inside is pretty unobtrusive. Maybe you can find a similar
> company in your yellow pages.
>
> Rick Swain
> '59 BN4
>
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