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<blockquote data-quote="Mule" data-source="post: 193326" data-attributes="member: 5451"><p>Hi JSH</p><p>im not sure about the price of a new top. I haven’t looked into buying a top yet.</p><p> I’ve been using a Canadian glue called Rhino Glue to glue&re-attach the back window. With the help of glazers suction cups I learned on a posting on Corvette Forum USA. I got 3 years out of the first repair and 2 years out of the second so far and there’s a couple of spots where the back window is loosening. </p><p>I decided to call HAARTZ Fabric manufacture to get the finished top manufacturer‘s phone number to get the actual glue they use in the manufacturing process to attatch the back window. The manufacturing process uses a heat press on the glued back window then it’s moved to a damp moisture cure room 24 hours. The manufacture gave me Loctite Wenkles phone number. After talking to Loctite’s Wenkle division they gave me product numbers 4070 and 4090, the engineer I talked to at Wenkel recommended the 4070. They’re both 2 component glue sold with a supply/mix dispenser that applies it with pinpoint precision & It’s sold at Grainger Hardware and other big name suppliers. Loctite Wenkel recommended buying it at a big name vendor because there are a lotta knock off bootleg products out there. Loctite has a video applicating this glue to a custom fabricated train car coupler glued together with this glue and an hour later the locomotive pulls 4 or 5 train cars for a couple blocks and the coupler stays together. </p><p>Like I said in the first thread the cars top is a 2002 original top still in excellent condition except for the back windows 2, 6 hour repairs. The time is in masking the fabric and window within a hair of the glue surface. Then the tape has to be removed before it glues itself to the fabric. There is not a pinhead of glue visible. Next week I’m going to re-glue the few millimeters breaking loose and wait a couple days then use RAG TOP brand cleaner let it dry and next day I’ll mask the window and drape the plastic on the body and spray the waterproofer on the outside fabric and Inside liner. It drys in seconds. LIt should be good for another year or so and just need a clean&seal next year. </p><p>Anyway 40 years of Union painting, spraying and installing a little bit of custom wall coverings it takes time hey to get it right! It’s worth it. It’s a Corvette!</p><p>LOL Thats why I didn’t price a new top yet brother.</p><p>MULE</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mule, post: 193326, member: 5451"] Hi JSH im not sure about the price of a new top. I haven’t looked into buying a top yet. I’ve been using a Canadian glue called Rhino Glue to glue&re-attach the back window. With the help of glazers suction cups I learned on a posting on Corvette Forum USA. I got 3 years out of the first repair and 2 years out of the second so far and there’s a couple of spots where the back window is loosening. I decided to call HAARTZ Fabric manufacture to get the finished top manufacturer‘s phone number to get the actual glue they use in the manufacturing process to attatch the back window. The manufacturing process uses a heat press on the glued back window then it’s moved to a damp moisture cure room 24 hours. The manufacture gave me Loctite Wenkles phone number. After talking to Loctite’s Wenkle division they gave me product numbers 4070 and 4090, the engineer I talked to at Wenkel recommended the 4070. They’re both 2 component glue sold with a supply/mix dispenser that applies it with pinpoint precision & It’s sold at Grainger Hardware and other big name suppliers. Loctite Wenkel recommended buying it at a big name vendor because there are a lotta knock off bootleg products out there. Loctite has a video applicating this glue to a custom fabricated train car coupler glued together with this glue and an hour later the locomotive pulls 4 or 5 train cars for a couple blocks and the coupler stays together. Like I said in the first thread the cars top is a 2002 original top still in excellent condition except for the back windows 2, 6 hour repairs. The time is in masking the fabric and window within a hair of the glue surface. Then the tape has to be removed before it glues itself to the fabric. There is not a pinhead of glue visible. Next week I’m going to re-glue the few millimeters breaking loose and wait a couple days then use RAG TOP brand cleaner let it dry and next day I’ll mask the window and drape the plastic on the body and spray the waterproofer on the outside fabric and Inside liner. It drys in seconds. LIt should be good for another year or so and just need a clean&seal next year. Anyway 40 years of Union painting, spraying and installing a little bit of custom wall coverings it takes time hey to get it right! It’s worth it. It’s a Corvette! LOL Thats why I didn’t price a new top yet brother. MULE [/QUOTE]
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