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Date:         Thu, 2 Apr 2009 18:31:12 -0400
Reply-To:     Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: pop top velcro?
Comments: To: Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@verizon.net>
In-Reply-To:  <0KHH003UF0W7TYG7@vms173005.mailsrvcs.net>
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Sorta depends what's wrong with the zipper --- I thought mine was done --- I googled zipper repair -- and found that what I needed to do was very carefully, and with the right tool, squeeze the zippery thing so it's little parts would dome together. Try the google -- you'll learn a lot about zippers and may fix your problem. My wife thought I was a genius after I fixed this problem :-)

Cheers, Doug

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:21 AM, Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@verizon.net>wrote:

> Hi Rob > Ive come up with a way to do it and but have not had the time to put > somthing together for that sort of fix. > How bad is the zipper? sometimes you can use your finger nail and > straighten the teeth of the zipper and Then gently move the pull over the > bad area to > retrain teeth to work again. Now if it is real bad then your sorta doomed. > But I do make the screen kit for the screen only but nothing if you need > zipper. > BTW velcro will not stick to canvas with rubber cement or much of any > cement. They are to completly different substraits. Now is your zipper bad > for the > Privacy part or the screen part? > Sorry for all the Qs? > C-ya Jonce > > >Anyone had any luck with velcro to replace a bad zipper on the front > >of a poptop? > >I tried with sticky velcro but it wouldn't stick to the canvas... I > >thought about rubber cement (to stick the velcro to the canvas) but > >figured it would bleed thru the canvas. > >i just wondered if anyone had done this successfully. > > > > >Rob > >becida@comcast.net > > >'91 VW Jetta & an '84 Westy in western WA > > > Jonce Fancher > > 56 Single Cab > 66 Sunroof Bug > 66 Variant Squareback > 66 Porsche 912 > 71 Sunroof Bus > 84 Vanagon "Godfried" 24k Original Miles > 85 Vanagon Westi Zetec 2.0L DOHC > 2003 10 Passenger Sprinter > > Fancher's Upholstery Inc. - www.fanchers.com > Not-A-VW Club - http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jaransont3/notavwclub/ > Buses by the Beach - http://www.busesbythebeach.com/ > Full Moon Bus Club - http://www.fullmoonbusclub.com/news.php >

-- http://www.dougalcock.com


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