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 Post subject: Repairing door cards
PostPosted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:12 am 
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I've never before seen the plastic door covering wrinkled up like in the photo. All four are wrinkled up, fronts though are the worst. This is my latest acquisition. Strangely the rest of the interior is the most immaculate I've have seen, especially headlining and door capping. Before I try anything, I would appreciate hearing from anyone who knows how to best make the wrinkling disappear. Thanks Geoff


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 Post subject: Re: Repairing door cards
PostPosted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:07 am 
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I have used gentle heat in the past on sagging headlinings to tighten them up. The danger in using a heat gun is that you can get too much heat onto the surface and it goes shiny.

In the case of your door cards I would first try covering with a damp towel and then ironing over the top with a very hot iron. The damp towel holds the temperature at a maximum of 100 deg C which is hot, but below the melt point of the the vinyl plastic. Just be careful you don't actual crease the covering before it shrinks back & keep the towel damp at all times. You could try a heat gun on a small patch on the back of the door card where it won't be seen if it goes wrong!

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