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Old 04-25-2005, 09:21 PM
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I am trying to source a vinyl adhesive in the Kitchener-Waterloo area...

I did research on here and and CarSound, and found that most people recomended DAP weldwood or DAP Landau Top adhesives.

I have looked at all the major stores (Home Depot, Rona, Home Hardware, Walmart) and cannot seem to find this stuff anywhere (Home Depot and Walmart carry DAP products, but not their adhesives).

Does anyone know where I might find such a product? I only need a small amount as I'm just putting vinyl on my sail panels.

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Old 04-25-2005, 11:39 PM
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you could also use contact cement but NOT the solvent free kind it's ****. I've used it a bout 2 yrs ago and my doors are still good no pealing or bubbleing.
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Old 04-26-2005, 03:30 AM
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Contact cement is the only stuff I use cheap and like ^^^^^ he said long lasting.
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Old 04-26-2005, 06:11 AM
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Would something like LePage contact cement be alright then? I just wasn't sure if it would be alright with the heat or not, and didn't want to risk having to redo my work in a few years.
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Old 04-26-2005, 06:41 AM
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lots of times glue of any sort isnt required. if you are doing inside cor=ners than yes you would need glue. we just finished a 2005 celica gts(will post pics today), a pillar tweeters, flood pods and a full trim panels in the hatch, done in vinyl and didn use 1 drop of glue, a good stapler(air) and some heat, can save you alot of lumps and bumps that can come from using glue and vinyl
 
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Old 04-26-2005, 07:29 AM
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well, it's the sail panels that I'm doing, which are ABS, so stapling definately isn't an option. I have a heat gun as well, is that what you would recomend to install the vinyl (as you can tell, I've never used it before). It shouldn't be a big job...I just need to cover up the panels because they have a hole in them from my previous tweeters.
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Old 04-26-2005, 07:34 AM
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an air stapler will go in to abs like budda, if you do use glue of some sort, only use it on the backside of the sail panel, and heat it up, and staple it
 
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Old 04-26-2005, 08:21 AM
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I think he's concerned about the staple coming through from the backside of the abs and poking throught the front side, which would then be visible through the vinyl.
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Old 04-26-2005, 08:22 AM
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I don't have access to an air stapler, so that's not really an option anyways. I also have an inside corner on one side, so I'll have to glue that as well...I think I have an idea how it should work now though.
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Old 04-26-2005, 12:41 PM
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So in answer to your question - yes Lepage Contact Cement is fine. In fact - that's what I use.
 
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