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where do I buy vinyl to fix my door windows?
Topic Started: Sep 5 2012, 07:07 PM (1,616 Views)
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HOGHEAD,Sep 10 2012
01:52 PM
Phil Ive heard about the bees wax too .. just not sure if it would hold up to the salt they put on our roads,,,They are starting to use a liquid calcium on our bridges too,,  I used a product called NU-Vinyl  on my Black vinyl top every so often.. Made it look sharp after the harsh winters..& before winter hit too...

Yeah, I know what your saying they dump tons of salt on our roads too. Thanks for pointing that out just realised that I have to get underneath and cover some fresh metal with under seal...these trucks keep ya busy that's for sure! :lol:
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cliffg,Sep 11 2012
05:47 PM
Thanks Phil for the encouragement, I did make a sun top out of canvas for it a month back, My machine will handle it so I am going to give it a shot!

By the way I used paraffin on the canvas that I used for the sun top, I rubbed it on heavy and let the sun bake it

Nice one...go for it!

Thanks for the paraffin tip. ;)
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Las tnight after work I went to Wal*Mart as socal suggested and found outdoor vinyl for about 4 dollars a yard, brought it home and used barge cement (shoe goo original formula) to glue in the vinyl to the zipper and let it dry, then I sewed it in with upholstery thread.
The only problem is I did not let the glue dry completely so it was tacky when my needle went through the vinyl and zipper it caused more drag on the thread and my tension was off on the sewing machine. either way it is going to stay.
it took me about4 to 5 hours total to do it my self and cost me 8 dollars for the vinyl because I bought double in case I messed up, I already had thread and had the glue when I had to put my sole back on my boot.
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the rear side windows are yellow and starting to crack in a few places, I may replace them in the spring, the rear window was replaced by someone else before I got the jeep, all I had to do was sew it it in better.

Thanks for all the advice from everyone.
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Phil, did you make your own pattern for your canvas top? How heavy of canvas did you use? what type of sewing machine do you have?
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cliffg,Sep 13 2012
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Phil, did you make your own pattern for your canvas top?  How heavy of canvas did you use?  what type of sewing machine do you have?
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Chris, the old PVC top was so bad I couldn't save it so I cut it up carefully and I made patterns from that.

The machine I have is a BROTHER DB2 - B755- 3B which I bought from a local upholstery firm.

As for the canvas weight, not too sure as I don't have the original receipt. However, the company I got it from lists this item (assuming it's the same canvas) as 12oz - but you might want to do some research on that and see if it suits your needs.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3meters-x-29inch...=item2ec18a7dea
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