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Re: warped interior panels

To: Matt Barre <mbarre@juno.com>
Subject: Re: warped interior panels
From: Martin Libhart <mlibhart@fn.net>
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 09:56:24 +0000
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
References: <19961206.092258.10695.0.MBarre@juno.com>
Matt Barre wrote:
> 
> Roger,
>  I have not tried it myself but was let in on a "secret" used by an
> upholsterer.  He claimed that by rewetting a warped panel with an
> ammonia + water solution and holding it flat while it dried the warp
> could be eliminated.
> 
> I have just cut new ones out of hardboard in the past but have been
> thinking that a better substrate should be available.  I have heard of very 
>thin plywood being used but would like to find an appropriate
> thickness/rigidty sheet plastic.
> 
> Let us know if you try the ammonia and water.
> 
> Matt Barre
*********************

Matt:

The ammonia water trick does work.  This is an old method also used by 
radio-controlled model builders (of which I am one) to wet balsa wood 
for making curved leading edge surfaces and other compound curvatures.

Martin Libhart
1970 Spitfire Mk.3
FDU 75026 L

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