Date:         Tue, 1 May 2001 08:44:37 -0700
Reply-To:     Bill Kasper <dragonlist@ipmts.ucsc.edu>
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From:         Bill Kasper <dragonlist@ipmts.ucsc.edu>
Subject:      Re: Restoring/Insulating the Pop-Top
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> On Tue, 1 May 2001 07:58:47 -0700 phil stanhope <napszeerf@yahoo.com>
> writes:
>> 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?

i haven't, but am thinking about it.  our flocking is messy as hell (still
sticks fine, though).  but i don't think i would reflock it.  the shell on
our pickup truck has a carpet-like lining that is both an absorber and a
vapor barrier (according to the folks at the shell shop).  we slept in the
truck bed (me, my wife ali and son alexander) on an extended 2-week vacation
two years ago, and while we did get condensation inside on the windows, that
was only when we had to keep them cracked due to the rain outside.
otherwise it worked as advertised, didn't get moist to the touch, and kept
the inside a bit warmer than it would be with nothing on the shell.

'course, it is the repeat of that trip (three weeks this time) coming up
this summer that spurred us to get our westfalia.  we're not going to do
anything at this time about the flocking except for clean it with a mild
bleach solution.  i'll post to the list when we do the carpet replacement.
has anyone done this?

bill
'87 syncro westfalia
http://www.scruznet.com/~cikasper/pics/westy/