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The Classic Marque

I found brush on Thixofix to be good. Holds much better than Evostick or other generic spray adhesives.

Thanks Richard. PVA would-be good as it won't react with painted surfaces.

Bought

Thanks Dave.

I don't need it at the moment but like to have a spare and I haven't replaced the one I used recently.

I'll be interested to see how it compares with the ones I've had in recent years.

Colin

If anyone wants a ‘proper’ head gasket for a 1275, I’ve just spotted this one on eBay.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/406662590428

When I recovered the headliner panels on my boat (ply with thin cloth foam backed vinyl the supplier advised a good quality PVA.

It worked really well - glued the large flat surfaces of the ply and laid onto the fabric and weighted down. When cured stretched the edges and glued with a high temp contact adhesive - worked very well and no initial grab issues on these pretty large panels.
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Thanks Willy.
To be fair, its not just the heat here that is the issue. It hasnt got much over 28 in the grim'up north', though that's plenty hot enough for me. No, the edges of the vinyl had begun lifting and curling back long before that. I think that the EvilStink just isnt what it once was and isn't right for the job. They changed the formula to discourage the young sniffers and in the proc...

We get plenty of heat here-the best glue (spraypacks) are-

3M Headliner glue ---or
Permatex heavy duty headlinner glue

My upholsterer mate swears by Weldwood for roof linings, but it comes in a tin and you have to brush it on or he uses some sort of spray/splatter gun---it's fairly thick muddy stuff but dries almost hard and is heatproof---if he's doing little fussy stuff ...

Surely the effects of hot weather are spot on topic.

Interesting devices. Yep I can see those actually being very useful. But I think you could achieve pretty much the same thing with a litte adjustment to the existing soft tops. Esp' the early non fold down type. Might try it; -- when I finally get around to fitting the new top I've had for 8 years now and still haven't fitted. Hope it's...

er, back on topic...

Further to Brian's suggestion about a Bimini top used on MGAs:

https://www.mgaguru.com/mgtech/top/top220.htm

https://www.mgaguru.com/mgtech/top/top221.htm

Exactly what I was thinking of.

I get that, I'd just like to know tbh