'55 dash rail revisited

[Michael L.]

Ok, 3/4 of the way home. Started with gluing the ends, tug and adjust to find center. Then, I worked my way to each end, gluing and clamping as I go. Patience is a virtue, use a timer to make sure contact cement is cured and ready to glue. A heat gun on low (650 degrees) really makes the vinyl take shape on the compound curves, heat, stretch and clamp until you have the shape. Let it cool and glue it up.

Best "find" of the project: wooden clothes pins, use the opposite end as a wedge to hold the vinyl in the narrow channel of the "eye brows" works super!

Saved shipping to Texas and learned a new skill! It really is coming out nicely... Back to work...

[Kent K.]

Great to hear of your success *NM*

[Michael L.]

Re: Great to hear of your success

Thanks Kent, based on how long it took me to complete, and what Al Knoch charges for the work, I figured I would have made about a $1.20 an hour if I was to take this on as a profession... But the end result was worth it. I'd love to see their method of doing this to charge such a low price, they must have it down to a science.