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Date:         Tue, 1 May 2001 09:30:50 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@uvic.ca>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bell <albell@uvic.ca>
Subject:      Re: Restoring/Insulating the Pop-Top
Comments: To: phil stanhope <napszeerf@yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To:  <20010501145847.2907.qmail@web12203.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hi,

I know a plumber at the university that has a "flocking" business on the side. I asked him about reflocking my poptop and here is a very short summary of what he told me:

-its a pain to remove all the old flocking. Can use solvents, mild abrasives, heat and scraping or a combination. -to do a good job you will have to remove the top (and the canvas) -his flocking is applied (via a special applicator, not a hobby shop thing) onto an epoxy coating that is sprayed onto the surface being flocked. The epoxy is the glue that the flocking sticks to as it is shot out of the applicator. There is a short working time for this process. -the flocking fibers themselves are synthetic and (so he claims) do not harbour mildew like the stock material. -its not inexpensive

He does nice work, his hobby is old street rods and he has done a few custom interiors with the flocking, making nice designs with various flock colours.

After talking to him, i decided to forgo reflocking and i scrubbed as much of the old loose flock from my poptop as I could (used soapy, bleachy water).

I have this untested idea of somehow attaching insulated panels (washable fabric covered) to the top, maybe even having one side foil faced to either reflect IR radiation in or away :)

Alistair

on 1/5/01 7:58 AM, phil stanhope at napszeerf@yahoo.com wrote:

> I have a pop top that i need to remove all that fuzzy > fur on the ceiling. Its rotted and turns to dust at > the touch. I was thinking on removing the whole > pop-top, then removing this fuzz somehow and > insulating the ceiling with something. > > Anyone ever do this? > > Phil 84' > white Westfalia > "Millenium Falcon" (For sale) > 84' all brown Rustfalia/Wolfy GL > "Sh*thawk" (Tiico on order) > B+W G3 450 MHz 500mgs ram > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ >


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