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Canvas repair glue
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:32 am
by og
What type of glue would be the best for Pinz canvas repair? Although looking rubbery I am guessing that pinz canvas is some sort of vinyl or polyurethane material. Suggestions are appreciated.
OG
See the post below on..
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:59 pm
by landy
soft top repairs. One of the posters recommended Gorilla Glue.
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:15 am
by norcal pinz
I think i heard somebody say, patch it like a tire, depending on how big the hole is?
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:37 am
by David Dunn
old topic...new top/repair, it's all the same
http://sdp-pinzgauer.org/html/diy_canvas_top.html
McMaster-Carr has the HH-66, listed as vinyl cement
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:19 pm
by og
I never got back to this thread, but after exhaustive testing of 5 different glues, I found that ACE Flexible Vinyl Mender works the best. And it costs
like $2.50 in local ACE Hardware store. I used patching material from
swiss army pack, texture and color matching perfectly. The back of that
material looks more like cordura, but this glue glued it perfectly. No contact
glue came even close. I even got HH-66 but never tested it. That one would probably work too, but ACE is cheaper. I closed the large openings left after I removed side antenna mounts from radio 710M.
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:35 pm
by purplePinzer
so last winter i put my ice scraper through the clear part of the soft top, any ideas on how to replace that?
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:01 pm
by og
Any sailmaker or sail repair shop can do that easily. Cut the threads holding the window, remove the window, and clean the holes from thread remains. Keep the
window as it will be easier for sailmaker to cut the new one to exact size if template is available. I guess the only sticking point is that he/she might not have olive-drab colored thread. Green isn't much used on sails.
glue
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:40 pm
by man on the mule
i have used the hh 66 to build soft door tops, fix tears, add a short flap on the rear curtain ,connect clear window material to the canvas, ect. the glue will fog the clear windows if you get sloppy, but one member of our club has used it to replace the windows in the rear top of his 712 without sewing and they have held up to 70 + mph on a trailer without signs of coming loose. make sure you have the joints where you want them because the hh 66 sort of melts the rubbery surface and once in place you had better like it because thats where its going to be forever. and also ....make sure that you have soper ventilation . the hh 66 is the most potent fume maker that ive encountered. it will make you really goofy really quick.