Date:         Fri, 3 Oct 2014 06:00:02 -0400
Reply-To:     Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Contact Paper Source
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        This is in the archives but I will say it again one more time.  The very best way to deal with this problem is to remove the old contact paper using a heat gun or hair dryer.  Leave the glue residue on the surface.  Get a can of latex paint mixed at your local hardware where they have a scanner.  Take a sample of the colour to them and they will get it dead on.  Then paint the surface using a roller, not a brush unless you can’t get in all the corers with the roller.  The result will look exactly like the original but will not peel off, EVER !  Works perfectly for all the surfaces where that contact paper Westfalia used is peeling off or damaged.



On Oct 3, 2014, at 12:00 AM, Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote:

> Does anyone know of a source for the contact paper that is falling off of t=
> he walls of our 82 westy? I presume I can just buy that stuff by the roll a=
> nd some spray on contact cement on the panels and redo this. Is there a bet=
> ter way to restore this to as close to original as practical? Other ideas?

Cheers,    

Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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