Wear latex gloves.
And do it in a well ventilated area.
Michael
On Nov 13, 2013 5:09 PM, "Rense, Mark (GE, Appl & Light)" <mark.rense@ge.com>
wrote:
> One question, does this dash pad need to hold up to LSR speeds? :>)
>
> There are several grades of contact adhesive, 3M has a high strength 90 for
> marine applications, the 74 and 77 for trim and headliners, the 80 is for
> vinyl and rubber, and a few more for special applications.
>
>
> http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Adhesives/Tapes/Products/~/3M-Tap
> e-and-3M-Adhesives/Non-Structural-Adhesives/Spray-Adhesives?N=5396314&rt=c3
>
> I have used the 77 for headliners and foam insulation-to-firewall with
> great
> success. The no-name spray stuff at Autozone is crap.
>
> If you can work with the brush-on liquid, try the 3M Fastbond, I used it on
> all the upholstery work and it holds well.
>
> Have fun and try not to glue your fingers together like I've done!
>
> Bugz
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net]
> On
> Behalf Of Larry Mayfield
> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 3:37 PM
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Tigers] Dash Pad Install
>
> Ok, so I have my old dash pad off, in a zillion pieces, cracked all over
> the
> place. I see from both the metal onder it and frm th epieced togethr old
> pad,
> tht it was glued down around the outer edge about an 1 1/2
> inchesd wide from one end to the other. And around the vent openings.
> Contact cement of some sort was used but sparingly. Also under the dash
> behind the front metal facia, it was glued down. I seem to remember
> that there was a short discussion on gluing the pad down. I am going
> to put the new pad on like the old one was on.
>
> The questions I have is one of technique and procedure. I head that
> one put contact cement on the two parts and let it set up. Then put down
> wax
> paper on the bottom, then some short sections of dowels (size,
> length) and then maybe some more wax paper over the dowels to keep the
> upper pad from gluing itself to the dowels. Then place the dash pad
> into close proximity to the final location and get it aligned to some tape
> marks I have made. While my helper is pushing the pad forward into
> alignment,
> I will pull the dowels from the center most locations and when in
> alignment,
> press the pieces together. I will do that working from the center to the
> outer
> ends. When that is finished, I will put contact cement on the tuck under
> pieces that go up and over the top of the dash and then when that glue is
> ready tuck all those pieces into place. I will probably do those working
> from
> the center outward also.
>
> If any of that sounds goofy, just consider who is making the plan, lol.
> I would dearly love to hear from any and all who have actually done this
> little chore and what pitfalls I am about to encounter. If you have done
> this
> before and are not to ashamed of your work, please, please tell me how you
> did
> it? What contact cement did you use? A detailed step by
> step procedure? Heck is there one on the TU web site? I'll look... I
> want to do this tomorrow or the next day.. I still have some minor
> trimming to
> do.
>
> Many thanks, in advance!!!
>
> larry
>
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