Re: alfa-digest V9 #266 Another top question

["Wayne Abbott" <wabbott@domain.elided>]

> Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 15:09:24 -0500
> From: Scott Johnson <scott@domain.elided>
> Subject: Another top question
>
> In the "how-to" factory top R&R manual, it says to clean the top frame
> using a "suitable solvent". There's probably 30 years of accumulated
> adhesive on some parts of that frame, so I was wondering if anyone out
> there had tips on just what a "suitable solvent" might be? Biba? :)
>
> Scott Johnson
> 71 1750 Spider

Scott,
A few years ago when I installed a new top on my Spider I used xylene, I
believe.  Outdoors with gloves and goggles.  I tried several solvents we had
at work, IPA, acetone, and maybe methylene chloride, but the one that worked
the best was xylene, I believe.  Then I washed it with detergent and water.
When dry I gave it a couple coats of Krylon satin finish black paint.

One thing that also made the finished project look better was that I
reformed the inner steel banding which holds the roof in place around the
rear perimeter so that it more closely matched the profile of the body in
the curves.

Good luck,
Wayne Abbott
Durham, NC
86 Spider Graduate
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