Some of the cabinet molding in my Westy has shrunken and some has rippled. According to several messages in the archives from 1997 and 2000, the way to fix rippled or shrunken cabinet molding is to carefully remove the molding and immerse it in boiling water and then stretch it to the correct length. It seems to me that I remember someone saying to put it in an oven to heat it but I could not find that particular message. Has anyone tried the boiling water procedure and did it work for a significant length of time? Did you have to glue the molding back in place and if so, what type of glue did you use? I will hold off on the tire questions until later, Harold -- Harold & Faye Teer 1991 Westy Harrisonburg, VA |
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