Franz do you use roofing tar?
A product called Oh Heinrich perhaps?
Franz do you use roofing tar?
A product called Oh Heinrich perhaps?
trying different materials...we dont have oh heini stuff here but im sure it is something equivalent that i am useing.
currently dont have to much time for repop stuff... so don`t expect sombrero to hit the market from my side this year.
unless clone technology makes a mayor step forward within the next weeks and i can hire two or 3 franzs to work for me.
going to work now(alone)
Definitely an opportunity to bring some type of vac formed product to market that "releases" with heat.
For you entrepreneurial minded out there: Here's your chance to make your mark and get your name on the leader board. You can be the "Sombrero Guy".
For certain a Mexican Hat Dance where you'll lose hundreds, if not thousands of dollars making tens of people very happy.
Last edited by moito; 01-06-2016 at 10:26 AM.
Yep, I would love to find something that would work...
John
1959 356 Coupe, 1600 Super, sold
1960 356 Roaster, race car, SCCA, sold
1960 356 Roadster, show car, sold.
1962 356 Cab, show car, sold.
1965 911 #301111, Red Book Vol 1 "Cover Car," owned 54 years.
1967 911 #307347, bare-bones, some road wear, a little surface rust, and a few dents..., owned 14 years.
1970 914/6GT, (Sold - ran the last three Rennsports)owned 30 years.
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Frank,
This stuff looks like it might work, but you would have to puzzle it together. Tar based and about 2mm thick and 6" wide. If you cut it in Pizza slice shaped pieces and put all the tips at the top of the crown and work your way around. Sticky on both sides, so when you were finished, cover it with cheese cloth or some other stretchy material, then I would add Baby Powder or Flour (which I am assuming would get absorbed into the black surface) to the exposed area to keep the tire from sticking to it. Roofing section of Home Depot.
Bob B
The stuff looks exactly like the insulation on the floor board of my '74 coupe. I found some at a P-car shop. Heat and a leather tool work it into the floorboard crevices.
Don't have a photo handy.
Here is the tool. http://www.tandyleather.com/en/produ...ly-roller-tool
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The challenge is not only to achieve the consistency of the tar material but to also get the proper checkerboard pattern.
SEMI BOB, thanks for tip but I'm afraid that Jiffy Seal won't cut the mustard. The original stuff has a fiber in it. I don't believe the cheese cloth would simulate that.
PM sent Tom.
Last edited by Frank Beck; 01-12-2016 at 04:41 AM.