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Subject Heat gun helps
     
Posted by lazer(AK) on November 17, 2008 at 4:12 PM
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In Reply To For those who have done interior kits... posted by BrysZ on November 17, 2008 at 03:36 PM
     
Message This isn't as much of an issue for cloth but leather really benefits from preforming via a heat gun. If you just attempt to stretch material onto a complex surface you're sure to 'pre-stress' that material. Heating and cooling cycles will tend to increase stresses placed on the adhesive...this results in the material pulling away from the surface. If you relieve this stress with a heat gun, this stress will be greatly reduced.

In the end nothings perfect. Our factory assembled dash and subsequent dash peel. However, I think the heat gun is a great start.






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