 Backpad repair, Advice needed |
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| saigon71 |
 Mar 21 2018, 11:41 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,998 Joined: 1-June 09 From: Dillsburg, PA Member No.: 10,428 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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I'm in the process of replacing the backpad upholstery with a kit from 914 rubber.
The first step to installation is stapling the inner seam under the padding. I hit a snag right away as my backpad is weak at the top of the area and the staples won't hold. My original thought was to compress this area together and reinforce the back with fiberglass cloth and resin, but questioned weather the staples would go through the fiberglass. I wanted to check with the braintrust here before proceeding. Any suggestions from someone who has encountered this problem? Thanks!    |
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| porschetub |
Mar 21 2018, 01:36 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,698 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None |
Fiberglassed mine and it worked really well,some area's I brushed straight resin on where the cardboard had gone soft.
Any quality contact adhesive will stick to the fiberglass,the resin has wax in it so you may need to sand the surface where you are gluing,worked for me, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)  |
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| saigon71 |
Mar 21 2018, 03:20 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,998 Joined: 1-June 09 From: Dillsburg, PA Member No.: 10,428 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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QUOTE(porschetub @ Mar 21 2018, 03:36 PM)  Fiberglassed mine and it worked really well,some area's I brushed straight resin on where the cardboard had gone soft. Any quality contact adhesive will stick to the fiberglass,the resin has wax in it so you may need to sand the surface where you are gluing,worked for me, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) I've fixed several non-staple areas with resin & cloth and I'm happy with the results. Did you shoot any staples into the fiberglass? If so, how did it hold up? This is my concern with the fiberglass route. |
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saigon71 Backpad repair Mar 21 2018, 11:41 AM
Olympic 914 I had a couple spots like that on my backpad, but ... Mar 21 2018, 12:06 PM bbrock If it was me, I'd impregnate those cracks with... Mar 21 2018, 12:21 PM
Mikey914 Really the only way to do this is to use staples. ... Mar 22 2018, 01:18 AM Edward Blume I used bondo to repair and fuse pieces together fo... Mar 22 2018, 12:34 PM
saigon71 Thanks for all the input on this, much appreciated... Mar 28 2018, 03:54 PM |
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