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Camaro Research Group Discussion => Restoration => Topic started by: aaronz28 on November 12, 2015, 03:44:34 AM

Title: correct vinyl top glue pattern
Post by: aaronz28 on November 12, 2015, 03:44:34 AM: I can't seem to find any info on this -

but every original vinyl top i've seen has a "checker board" pattern visible - which i believe has to do with the way the glue was put on...

has anyone successfully recreated this on a newly installed top?
Title: Re: correct vinyl top glue pattern
Post by: 69pace on November 12, 2015, 05:17:14 PM: Wow. My 72 Impala had a vinyl top and when I removed it the glue pattern looked like rows of figure eights overlapping side and bottoms. Figured it was laid out by hand. Wonder if the checker board was already on the vinyl and some how activated maybe a heat process?
Title: Re: correct vinyl top glue pattern
Post by: aaronz28 on November 12, 2015, 06:19:18 PM: seems like the checkered pattern is in the vinyl itself, not the glue :D
Title: Re: correct vinyl top glue pattern
Post by: HawkX66 on November 12, 2015, 07:46:12 PM: I can't say that I recall any checker pattern on my vinyl top... Glue or otherwise.

(http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q573/SgtHawkUSMC/69%20Camaro%20SS396%20L34/69%20Roof/IMG_0025.jpg) (http://s1164.photobucket.com/user/SgtHawkUSMC/media/69%20Camaro%20SS396%20L34/69%20Roof/IMG_0025.jpg.html)

(http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q573/SgtHawkUSMC/69%20Camaro%20SS396%20L34/69%20Roof/IMG_0019.jpg) (http://s1164.photobucket.com/user/SgtHawkUSMC/media/69%20Camaro%20SS396%20L34/69%20Roof/IMG_0019.jpg.html)

(http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q573/SgtHawkUSMC/69%20Camaro%20SS396%20L34/69%20Roof/IMG_0018.jpg) (http://s1164.photobucket.com/user/SgtHawkUSMC/media/69%20Camaro%20SS396%20L34/69%20Roof/IMG_0018.jpg.html)
Title: Re: correct vinyl top glue pattern
Post by: lakeholme on November 12, 2015, 07:54:40 PM: Quote from: SgtHawkUSMC on November 12, 2015, 07:46:12 PM
I can't say that I recall any checker pattern on my vinyl top... Glue or otherwise.

(http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q573/SgtHawkUSMC/69%20Camaro%20SS396%20L34/69%20Roof/IMG_0025.jpg) (http://s1164.photobucket.com/user/SgtHawkUSMC/media/69%20Camaro%20SS396%20L34/69%20Roof/IMG_0025.jpg.html)

(http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q573/SgtHawkUSMC/69%20Camaro%20SS396%20L34/69%20Roof/IMG_0019.jpg) (http://s1164.photobucket.com/user/SgtHawkUSMC/media/69%20Camaro%20SS396%20L34/69%20Roof/IMG_0019.jpg.html)

(http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q573/SgtHawkUSMC/69%20Camaro%20SS396%20L34/69%20Roof/IMG_0018.jpg) (http://s1164.photobucket.com/user/SgtHawkUSMC/media/69%20Camaro%20SS396%20L34/69%20Roof/IMG_0018.jpg.html)

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I've looked at a lot of vinyl tops, and never noticed such a pattern -- in glue or material
Could you post a picture of what you are talking about?
It would be great if someone like JohnZ could tell us the how, when and where about vinyl top placement at the factory...
Title: Re: correct vinyl top glue pattern
Post by: aaronz28 on November 12, 2015, 08:31:38 PM: sure - watch this video - its short - but you can clearly see a checkered pattern in the vinyl... this is a replacement top -

i've since learned that its not the glue - but in the vinyl itself - something bout the machine that puts the grain into the vinyl...

i had previously only noticed it on my original vinyl top cars- which is why i assumed it had to do with the factory glue, or install process - but i was wrong..

it seems that of all the manufacturers of replacement tops - only a few make them correctly to get the correct appearance -

https://youtu.be/SYT8K_QT4f0

cheers
Title: Re: correct vinyl top glue pattern
Post by: Sauron327 on November 12, 2015, 09:20:04 PM: Patterns are on original tops and cannot be seen on old, weathered tops. It has nothing to do with adhesive application.