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Downeast covered the staples fastening the edges of the interior Naugahyde liner with a flexible hinged molding 5/8" wide. You place the molding over the staples line with the hinged part open, staple the molding to the liner and underlying strip and fold the hinged part back in place for a clean straight border. Haven't been able to find this molding. Welting is OK but doesn't look as neat as the original molding.
By the way, if your white liner is graying or staining, you can extend its life by painting with a flat latex white paint.
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Ed Bacon said:
Downeast covered the staples fastening the edges of the interior Naugahyde liner with a flexible hinged molding 5/8" wide. You place the molding over the staples line with the hinged part open, staple the molding to the liner and underlying strip and fold the hinged part back in place for a clean straight border. Haven't been able to find this molding. Welting is OK but doesn't look as neat as the original molding.
By the way, if your white liner is graying or staining, you can extend its life by painting with a flat latex white paint.
Hi, the product you are looking for goes by the generic name of hidem gimp, strange name but it is what you are looking for. Blighe
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Blighe:
Poor choice of words on my part. When I said "welting" I actually meant "hidem gimp".
Attached are pictures of what I want.
The 3/4" hidem gimp is on the right. It's split down the middle and doesn't hide the staples well. It's a flexible fabric and it's more difficult to get a straight line.
The 5/8" molding on the left was installed by Downeast 30 years ago but was white originally. It's hinged on one side and you can see an off-center staple inside. When you're finished stapling, the top folds over the staples and is held closed by the compression hinge. It's also a more rigid material and it's easy to get a staight line when installing.
I have searched fabric stores, marine stores, upholstery stores, automotive supply stores and aircraft suppllies stores and no one knows of this molding. Maybe it's a West Coast item?
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Yep - sorry about that! You're absolutely right the molding is quite different. I'll check around and see if I can find it. blighe
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Ed Bacon said:
Downeast covered the staples fastening the edges of the interior Naugahyde liner with a flexible hinged molding 5/8" wide. You place the molding over the staples line with the hinged part open, staple the molding to the liner and underlying strip and fold the hinged part back in place for a clean straight border. Haven't been able to find this molding. Welting is OK but doesn't look as neat as the original molding.
By the way, if your white liner is graying or staining, you can extend its life by painting with a flat latex white paint.
Funny I was looking to find a way of trying to clean nicotine stains off the liner of my DE38 I just purchased and previous owners smoked cigs ( and other substances) for over 20 years
When I saw your post about painting it, I smiled because I did exactly that on my CS27. Instead of using white flat however I would recomend 123 Primer white or tinted. This has a slightly more glossy appearance and therefore a bit more waterproof. Not to mention it is one of the best adhesive primers I have ever used ( I was a painter for 32 years)
So I guess I will simply paint the liner rather than try to clean off the nicotine (or whatever LOL)
Martin
SV "Sea Pirate" DE38
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Valkyr has this staining on her vinyl also. I tried cleaning a section with some acetone... worked well but you have to be careful not to melt the vinyl with to much exposure to the acetone. I don't think it is a reasonable method though. It would take a very long time as it requires scrubbing quite a bit. It does clean it though. I am going to go the painting the vinyl method when we get to it. There are some nice vinyl paints made for the automotive world.
scott
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