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Re: Contact Cement - Dashes and Dashtops

To: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com, kevnmeek@netcom.com, alpines@autox.team.net,
Subject: Re: Contact Cement - Dashes and Dashtops
From: BlueGolfer@aol.com
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 16:11:23 EDT
In a message dated 4/6/99 11:52:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com writes:

> The problem I have found with contact cement is, well, it sticks on
>  "contact" - and really only "first" contact.  So, if you do not have it set
>  perfectly the first time, your "stuck."   I guess with the dash it would
>  not be too hard to figure out where you want it to go and trace the shape
>  of the dash there so you have a really good idea where to lay it down.
>  
The best bet is to make the dash veneer over size and then trim it to size 
after the glue has cured.  You can use a router with a laminate trimming bit 
to do the hard work.  No fuss, no muss.

>  I was very unhappy with the way contact cement worked for the dash top.  I
>  still have small ends of wax paper pieces stuck under my dash top that
>  ripped off when I put it on and tried to pull out the paper.  I am doing it
>  again for another Sunbeam.  So, if anyone has any good ideas of how to grow
>  4 additional arms and hands so I can evenly press it all down at once,
>  please let me know!  Is there a super heavy duty wax paper
Cloning might grow you an extra arm or two.  I would say don't even mess with 
the wax paper.  Make the veneer oversize and trim to fit.

Rob Kempinski
Melbourne Fl

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