Hoffman Amplifiers Tube Amplifier Forum
Other Stuff => Cabinets-Speakers => Topic started by: TIMBO on October 16, 2010, 04:35:21 am
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Hi guy's, My first Tolex ,I'm so PROUD :grin:
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That looks good. The sloped corners are very nice. Did you just keep trimming with a razor untill it fits or is there another way?
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what type of adhesive?
OH!
great looking cab!
did you throw the tolex in the dryer first?
Ray
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Hi guy's, i just used a laytex type which gives you some working time. Like i said this was my first time with tolex as i have used standard vinyl before. Using tolex wasn't as hard as i thought but the corners are not easy. The tolex tutorial in this forum was a good guide.As for the corners i just gathered the tolex together and made the first trim with scissors and neatened it with a knife . Don't know anything about the dryer. Thanks
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AH, the dryer.
When you're using contact cement, wrinkles in tolex can be your undoing. a quick 3 minutes in the dryer and the tolex softens like glove leather, lets you stretch it a bit too.
Ray
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Great looking Tolex job !
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AH, the dryer.
When you're using contact cement, wrinkles in tolex can be your undoing. a quick 3 minutes in the dryer and the tolex softens like glove leather, lets you stretch it a bit too.
Ray
My wife would kill me if I used the dryer. :sad:
Awesome blond job.
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AH, the dryer.
When you're using contact cement, wrinkles in tolex can be your undoing. a quick 3 minutes in the dryer and the tolex softens like glove leather, lets you stretch it a bit too.
Ray
My wife would kill me if I used the dryer. :sad:
Awesome blond job.
I use the dishwasher to clean car parts, I bet your Mrs would love to see you do that LOL... then the hair drier would seem like a small deal.
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Nice job TIMBO! I'm about to take on tolex for the first time, just haven't decided on the tolex.
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AH, the dryer.
When you're using contact cement, wrinkles in tolex can be your undoing. a quick 3 minutes in the dryer and the tolex softens like glove leather, lets you stretch it a bit too.
Ray
My wife would kill me if I used the dryer. :sad:
Awesome blond job.
I use the dishwasher to clean car parts, I bet your Mrs would love to see you do that LOL... then the hair drier would seem like a small deal.
LOL I'd starve to death. I went about it in the wrong order. I should of started with the dishwasher or dryer, instead I started with the hairdryer. I use a heat gun set on low but that is some what clumsy to do. The clothes dryer would make it way easy that I could tolex a cab in about 10 minutes, especially during the colder months. Tolex gets pretty stiff during the winter.
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COME ON boy's !!!!! Manup, its your rite to use any home appliance to build VALVE AMPS!!! :smiley:
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The dishwasher is great for all that drum hardware too.