door panel construction, for newbs Options

[r3dplanet]

Peeps,

Allow me to begin by stating that I've never done this before. Well, not for twenty years anyway when I was an undergrad working in a furniture restoration shop as a college job.

I bought one of Mikey914's cool new fiberglass door panel and vinyl kits as seen here:
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...10198&st=20

For additional reference: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...=54608&st=0

Armed with this how-to, I'm off to work in an empty bedroom because it's Portland, WCR is three weeks away, and it's pouring rain outside.

I admit I'm lost without a stapler. There are two things I don't know how to do. I have the aluminum strip riveted in and the bolster is nicely aligned with positive lock. But I don't know exactly how to attach the vinyl on the backside without a stapler. Sure there's contact cement, but it doesn't seem like that would work conveniently because you can't just inch your way along and keep the vinyl nice and and tight around the corners.

Any ideas from those smarter than I?

-marcus

[nathansnathan]

I have been wondering about this for awhile, as I have a fiberglass back pad core that I want to transplant the original vinyl and padding to.

[worn]

I have been wondering about this for awhile, as I have a fiberglass back pad core that I want to transplant the original vinyl and padding to.

The trick with contact cement is to let it dry long enough. It doesn't work like glue in that the solvent has to flash off or it will never hold anything. With normal glues that happens after the parts are together. Another thing with contact cement is that once touched together the parts have a way of becoming pretty married to each other. You can pull things apart and reposition, but it often leads to hard feelings. Have fun (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif)