Mid-year glove box liner; repairing fuzzy stuff?

[Gary B.]

Does anyone know how to repair or fill in a focal defect in the fuzzy stuff that coats the liner on the inside of a mid-year glove box?

Thanks,

Gary

[Gary B.]

PS: Or should I just buy a repro liner? *NM*

[Dick W.]

Re: PS: Or should I just buy a repro liner?

Check with John Waluk. He advertises in the services section of the "Driveline"

[Tracy C.]

Re: Mid-year glove box liner; repairing fuzzy stuf

Gary,

The technical term for the fuzzy stuff is "flocking". It's actually short hair like material. I once messed around with a applicator when I was in the mfg R&D group at Beechcraft. Unless application methods have changed, I don't think you will have good success patching in a spot.

It all starts with brushing a thin layer of colored quasi conductive paste adhesive on the substraight. You then connect a ground wire to the coated substraight.

The colored flocking particles are in a hand held quart sized container with a fine mesh lid. This container has a 12 v positive charge that also charges the particles inside.

The container is held close to the substraight (lid near the substraight) and slowly rotated about an axis perpendicular to the lid. The static charge then causes the flocking particles to fly from container to the part and stick on end into the adhesive.

In a hour or so the adhesive sets up and you vaccumn the excess flocking (that couldn't stab adhesive) from the part.

Not sure how a person could ever patch in a spot inless the entire surface was stripped or sanded bare. The new adhesive would just glob up on the existing flocking otherwise.

My quess is a new part would be cheaper.

Good Luck either way.
tc

[Mike M.]

Re: Mid-year glove box liner; repairing fuzzy stuf

after reading your post, a dandy, i'd have to guess you got your PhD in flocking. regards, mikie

[Tracy C.]

yea ...Imma flocking Post hole Digger (PhD) *NM*

[Dave K.]

Re: PS: Or should I just buy a repro liner?

Gary,

I bought the repro liner. The repro is a good reproduction. Had a bear of a time fitting it into the glove box. Tight fit. Was happy with the results. I would think that the flocking would be difficult to repair especially on an aged liner --stuff tends to get funny with age.

Dave K.

[Jeffrey S.]

Re: Mid-year glove box liner; repairing fuzzy stuf

Gary:
If you go to a good woodworking store like Rockler or a craft store you can buy flocking kits. This flocking is used on drawers in which you store silver and on jewelry boxes. You will have to remove the flocking from the piece you want to repair. Then you brush on an adhesive and, using the "shaker" that you can buy with the kit, you shake on the new flocking onto the adhesive. After it dries (overnight) you shake off the excess flocking and re-use on another project. I have used this on severel fiber boxes that are used over the jack on C-3's and it comes out perfect. Hope this helps.
Jeff

[Gerard Q.]

Re: PS: Or should I just buy a repro liner?

John Waluk does real nice work w/date stamping.