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Post by biggybas on Jan 20, 2014 21:39:26 GMT
Hello everyone can anyone advise me on where I can get the tacking strips for the fixing of the furflex trimming.
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Jan 20, 2014 22:37:17 GMT
I always wondered that! I salvaged some useful lengths when I broke a car a few years back so its coming in useful now that I am reassembling our Coupe at last.
David Green will have some too
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Post by johnwp5bcoupe on Jan 21, 2014 6:28:03 GMT
If David Green can't help if you get stuck it may be worth trying Conveyor Belt cut in strips, that comes in various thicknesses.
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Post by Welsh Warlock on Jan 21, 2014 10:48:45 GMT
That's a good idea John. I may even have a supplier of such product and as he's a fellow P5 owner who works in the business of making, repairing and replacing belts he might have a ready supply of old belts.
I'll ask him
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Post by biggybas on Jan 21, 2014 18:13:08 GMT
I'm going to use square cork gasket strip
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Post by johnwp5bcoupe on Jan 21, 2014 18:43:06 GMT
May be worth a try but I don't think Tacks will hold?
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Jan 21, 2014 21:58:35 GMT
I thought the tacking strip reminded me of something - ie conveyor belting or even fan belts
I am not sure that Cork would do either
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Post by biggybas on Feb 1, 2014 18:42:07 GMT
I've sorted it out now , two lengths of square 1/4 " rubber used for old catapults available on ebay wound together with self amalgamating tape .Holds staples a treat plus it's waterproof so no risk of rot
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Post by bpwellington on Nov 20, 2014 7:28:53 GMT
Good afternoon. This Furflex, we call it Windlace in NZ - I have sourced it but wonder if anyone has the trick for: a. Ripping out the old stuff without wrecking the ceiling cover and everything else in its path (seems to be mysteriously affixed there some scary way) and b. Affixing the new stuff. Is it stapled in, tacked in, glued in and am I kidding myself doing it myself or just get the upholsterer to do it? Hope someone can assist if you've done it before.  I |
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Post by johnwp5bcoupe on Nov 20, 2014 8:14:32 GMT
Good afternoon. This Furflex, we call it Windlace in NZ - I have sourced it but wonder if anyone has the trick for: a. Ripping out the old stuff without wrecking the ceiling cover and everything else in its path (seems to be mysteriously affixed there some scary way) and b. Affixing the new stuff. Is it stapled in, tacked in, glued in and am I kidding myself doing it myself or just get the upholsterer to do it? Hope someone can assist if you've done it before. View AttachmentI Hi and welcome to the forum  The tacking strip is fixed to the body using a hardened screw nail/tack these are just hammered in and screw themselves home, the Furflex is just Tin tacked in place  I hope this helps? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2014 9:36:48 GMT
I needed a very similar hard rubber sections for a project a while back. These are the people I used Delta Rubber Sections. |
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Post by Warwick on Nov 22, 2014 0:17:56 GMT
We call it windlacing here too, as they do in the US. So if anyone in the UK or Europe is looking for Furflex on the web and wants to increase the results; try searching for windlace and windlacing as well. My theory is that we downunder originally adopted the US term, or more likely I suspect, windlacing or something similar was also the original UK name and that Furflex was a brand name that became generically applied - like Hoover (UK usage), Biro, Thermos, etc. Windlacing describes what it is and does. It's a draft seal. Whereas Furflex sounds like a brand name. Anyone know the answer? (Anyone even care?  ) |
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