tsimira
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sircruisealotVS said:
hehe yes a HUGE thanks to everyone who helped me out and also gave me the confidence to do it!
And to return the favour I should list a few of the tips that I found made it easier for me...
1. Once the board is out of the car, before you start scrubbing off the foam, get some stickytape and glad wrap and cover the velcro patches on the back of the board so they stay clean and dont inadvertantly get gummed up with foam (I gummed one up, so learnt that by trial and error)
2. I didnt use a wire brush as I didnt have one (would have otherwise), but I did find that a bathroom nail brush was useful to remove the foam in the corners and tricker areas, and also for getting rid of any smaller sticker bits of foam. (I just used a plastic broom for the rest of it lol)
3. Have help to hold the fabric up and straight while you apply the glue, I didnt and found that at the edges it creased a bit (and once it creases they stay there!)
4. Use a soft clean paint roller to smooth out the fabric as you are gluing it down. It helps to apply a gentler pressure more evenly than your hand can. I didnt try it as I didnt think of it until later, but a small paint sample roller might also work for the tricker area's around the front and where the handles go.
5. When gluing it down, smooth from the inside out and dont apply the glue then lay it down in one go- instead put smaller areas of glue and stick it down as you work along the board.
6. Most importantly, dont drop a huge blob of glue on the floor of the garage, not notice its there and realise you had your bare foot in it as was drying. (lucky it was still tacky so I just now have patches of glue on my foot that I'm slowly removing
)Other than that just be gentle with the foam backed fabric as it creases and crushes really easily.
toodles!
