After the new curtains are cut to fit, you can get a great finished look to
the edges by lightly sanding them smooth, then carefully running a propane
torch across the edge. This will restore the translucency to the edge, and
give it a very 'finished" look.
Make sure you practice on a scrap piece, as there's a knack to getting the
edge just warm enough without melting it.
WST
----- Original Message -----
From: Wiedemeyer <boxweed@thebest.net>
To: <Bkitterer@aol.com>
Cc: spridgets list <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: Side curtains
> Thanks for the help! My side curtains did have the original 35 year old
> plexiglas in them, and I suspect that their brittleness did contribute to
> their breaking when I tried to take them out. I think I'll go with one of
> the acrylic types you mentioned. (If I decide to rob a bank, I'll just
> borrow a car that has bullet proof glass. Hee-hee!)
>
> Bob
> -----Oriinal Message-----
> From: Bkitterer@aol.com <Bkitterer@aol.com>
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Date: Sunday, October 03, 1999 7:13 AM
> Subject: Re: Side curtains
>
>
> >Bob,
> >
> >You should be able to slide the windows to the center of the frame then
by
> >slightly bending them in the middle remove them from or install them in
the
> >frame. If the windows you were taking out were very badly glazed,
cracked,
> >or they had been replaced with the wrong material they can/will break.
You
> >can make your own replacements for about $15. There are two materials
> >suitable for replacements. One is Acrylic, sold under the trade names of
> >Plexiglass, Lucite and one that I do not remember at the moment. The
other
> >material is Polycarbonate sold under the trade name of Lexan. You can
get
> >the materials from industrial plastics suppliers. For use in sliding side
> >curtains the two materials are about equal. All of the suppliers we have
> >found will cut Acrylic to size and only charge you for that much
material.
> >This is not always the case with Polycarbonate. Some places have a
> minimum,
> >half a sheet 4' X 4' or full sheets 4' X 8'. In either case it is a lot
> more
> >material than you need and more expensive. The biggest difference in the
> two
> >materials is that Polycarbonate will stop a frozen chicken at 400 mph,
i.e.
> >it is bullet proof for all pratical purposes.
> >
> >Bob and Annice
> >1960 Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
> >1966 Sprite Mk III (in boxes)
> >Judson Supercharger (in boxes)
> >
> >
> >In a message dated 10/2/99 3:42:17 PM, boxweed@thebest.net writes:
> >
> ><< Does anyone know what the trick is to replacing the sliding plexiglas
> >windows in the side curtains? I tried removing the old ones in every way
I
> >could think of to keep from breaking them, like bending them in the
middle
> >while pushing outward, pulling from the edges, removing the felt first,
> >etc., and I ended up breaking every single one of them. I thought I
would
> >try to get some input from y'all before I destroy the new ones!
> >
> >Thanks in advance!
> >Bob >>
>
>
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