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Re: Hole in Top

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Subject: Re: Hole in Top
From: tammie wall <whammie@iopener.net>
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 11:49:05 -0600
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
 > 
 > Your messages not reaching the list?




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