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grandpa pete
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 Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 11:36 am Post subject: Laminate Repair...tutorial w photos FAQ |
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A brief guide to repairing damaged cabinets or parts
A brief guide to repairing damaged cabinets or parts:
#1 I purchased a mid 70's cabinet for my 69 bus.
#2The laminate was broken off the drawer.
#3 Remove old laminate with a belt sander
#4 Materials - cleaned drawer, recycled laminate (thank you samba member Tom S. of Stanford CA), contact cement & disposable brush.
#5 Contact cement evenly spread over BOTH surfaces....let dry 20 minutes.
#6 Laminate glued to drawer front (some excess trimmed with laminate tool. Not necessary)
#7 Trim with router or roto zip tool. Note: lightly sand routered edges, they can cut you.
#8Same day, same drawer. 1 1/2 hours start to finish.
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http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=569619&highlight=sedan+delivery
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Westfabulous
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I love tutorials; thanks for sharing yours.
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Blue Bear
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Where did you get your laminate?
I've been trying so hard to find a place that has that Laminate so that I can redo mine.
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VDubTech
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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It's obviously a chunk of original laminate someone sent him.
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One photo = good for reference.
10 photos = douchebaggery |
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Blue Bear
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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| VDubTech wrote: |
| It's obviously a chunk of original laminate someone sent him. |
Wasn't that obvious to me. Thanks for the heads up though.
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VDubTech
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Blue Bear wrote: |
| VDubTech wrote: |
| It's obviously a chunk of original laminate someone sent him. |
Wasn't that obvious to me. Thanks for the heads up though. |
He said it was reccled laminate, thanks the samba member he got it from and in the photo it shows a piece of laminate with jagged edges. How many more clues do you need?
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| a measurement of your rod would be extremely useful. |
| notchboy wrote: |
| my dad wasnt a belittling cock when he tought me how to wrench on cars. |
| EverettB wrote: |
One photo = good for reference.
10 photos = douchebaggery |
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odecom5
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:10 pm Post subject: Re: Laminate Repair...tutorial w photos |
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Thanks for the tutorial gramps!
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bignick
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:30 pm Post subject: Re: Laminate Repair...tutorial w photos |
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What page is this on in the Bentley manual?
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Blue Bear
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I guess i'm not as observant as most. Sorry for asking.
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Sage79
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Alternatively, in a case like this you can clean up the break line so it's nice and straight along the grain line and then splice in a piece just over the damaged area. The damaged laminate can be removed with some heat (heat gun) and putty knife. This uses up far less valuble OG laminate (and keeps the grain oriented the right way). You do have to live with a joint line but if you pick a good match section of laminate it can be made almost invisible. I even found a usable piece of laminate on the back of one of my cabinets that I stripped of and used as repair.
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kamara
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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Nice job! looks good.
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Desertbusman
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Btw, what page is this on in the Bentley manual? |
Section 2719, page 942 in volume 17. You don't have the full library set? I don't either. It would cost more than my bus did.
If you couldn't understand it in Pete's posts it would be a lot harder to know what's going on in a real manual. 
BTW, thanks Pete.
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grandpa pete
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blue bear ..never apologise for asking a question...the stupid question is the one not asked......I got my laminate by repeatedly asking at the end of posts for what i needed:need 5x10 inch peice of laminate for repair: eventually i got what i needed and the color matches pretty well 
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curtis4085
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looking good. great tutorial...
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grandpa pete
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Westfabulous
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| He said it was reccled laminate |
Not everyone knows what reccled laminate is.
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| Good technique, but I am going to sound like a pr!ck here... in future you may want to match up the grain (ie turn it 90 degrees) so that it matches the cabinets next to it. Sorry, comes from my training as a wooden boatbuilder. Another note to wood grain, flame up!(as my foreman always used to say...looks better if there is any flame in the grain). |
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skills@eurocarsplus
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:38 pm Post subject: Re: Laminate Repair...tutorial w photos |
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| bignick wrote: |
| What page is this on in the Bentley manual? |
good job on the repair. i had to do the same thing a couple years ago to my 71. i used the same glue and it holds like a bastard. it's the best stuff i have used for sure
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Tcash
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:59 pm Post subject: Westfalia Cabinet Refacing |
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Thank's for the post grandpa pete
| Blue Bear wrote: |
Where did you get your laminate?
I've been trying so hard to find a place that has that Laminate so that I can redo mine. |
Hey Blue Bear, I found Formica 6208-43 Glamour Cherry at Southern Lumber.
The provided link has more information. Good Luck
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=347417 |
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