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Restoring cracked upholstery.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...085#post172205
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...637#post182518
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...314#post135087
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...822#post183329
How do they texture it?
There are two ways that I know, but there may be more. The one I grew up seeing in TV ads is to use a textured card or paper on the vinyl schmoo while curing it with a clothing iron. I think they're using a texturizing spray in this clip since they seem to be curing the schmoo with a heat gun while it's still flat.Quote:
Originally Posted by nova_robotics
This kind of repair would almost certainly require "re-dyeing", AKA vinyl-specific paint, unless you could dye the schmoo.
Neil
When I was a kid, about 45 years ago if I remember right there were adds on TV for this stuff. They had a texture iron on thing that reproduced something akin to leather. The filler was coloured back then. Not opaque. Pretty sure the spray was a colourant.
Mark
I remember those TV spots. The stuff was called “NewQuote:
Originally Posted by mwmkravchenko
Vinyl” or something similar. They made it look like all you had to do was smear the goo and tap it with the piece of paper and it looked like brand new. They never mentioned having to dye the repair.
Neil
When was the last time you saw a television ad that ever told the whole truth? Most don't even tell a half-truth, and many are outright liesQuote:
Originally Posted by sossol
That would be never.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank S
Neil