Ned,
There is a franchise called "Doctor Vinyl" that I used once to repair two
holes in the top and some vinyl on the seat on my TR6. This was after I
loaned the car to a friend who tried to put the roof down incorrectly. He
paid the Doctor. The franchisee mixed up some white liquid vinyl-like
substance and applied it to the holes on the outside. Next he roled a
graining device over the repair. Then he blew some special semi-gloss black
paint over the grained repair. That was back when the car was new in 1977
and the repairs are still holding 29 years later.
The neat thing about the roof repair was that it was completely undetectable
inside (no ugly patch) and outside. Reinforcement was achieved by making the
roof very slightly thicker which was only detectible if you pinched it with
your fingers.
I noticed that there are still Doctor Vinyls in my phone book about 5 years
ago.
-Dave Murphy
>From: tammie wall <whammie@iopener.net>
>Reply-To: tammie wall <whammie@iopener.net>
>To: healeys@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Hole in Top
>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
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