From: Dan Bise [dbise@pacbell.net]
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 10:48 PM
To: 928
Subject: [928] Re: interior restoration

> kinda answer, looking for a use this exact
> model number stuff this way cause I have
> had mine for 5 years without problems kinda answer...

We can (and should) do that. It helps to be specific because there seem to
be so many adhesives out there, especially the 3M stuff. "Contact cement"?
What kind? If 3M, what's the full name, part number? 3M likes calling things
"fast" "super" and "general" with little rhyme nor reason. Are you using
goop borrowed from the corner of the kitty's eye? What breed of cat and how
many days worth of buildup? :-)

For carpets, I've had good luck with 3M "General Trim Adhesive", Part Number
08088. This is the lace-like clear/white spray that Jay Kempf warned you
have to be sure has a clean nozzle to work through. Not strong enough for
vinyl.

For vinyl, there is 3M "Super Trim Adhesive", Part Number 08090. This is a
spray, but I spray it into cups and used acid brushes to apply with more
control without the need to mask off the rest of the panel. This has become
difficult to find lately but it has had my black vinyl in my untinted black
car in toasty Los Angeles heat stuck in place for over two years now. This
also has worked very well for the hood pad. And if you really need to stick
those carpet edges, say, at the edge of the tool kit panel, this can be used
for that (very lightly, or it'll bleed through).

If you're having trouble finding aerosol "Super Trim", the tube equivalent
seems to be 3M "Fast Tack Trim Adhesive", Part Number 08031. It is the same
stuff (as far as my nose and fingers can tell). I'm not familiar with what
Davor mentioned is 3M "Super Strength Adhesive." The people at 3M must have
a lot of time on their hands to create this many product offerings.

Lots of folks (especially The Man, DR!) swear by 3M "Super 77 Spray
Adhesive", Part Number 21210, but in my industry where we tend to make lots
of paper models, it is a crafts glue. It appiles too fine to be effective,
at least in what was my first hood pad ahesion attempt. Your results have
probably varied.

The advice about having thinners at hand while you work is great. Ok, enough
about glue!

Dan Bise
Pasadena, CA
'83S

Yeah, I'm posting a lot today. I'm home for the day, sick. (waves at boss)