Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:50:42 -0500
Reply-To: Jeff Palmer <Jpalmer@MYMTS.NET>
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From: Jeff Palmer <Jpalmer@MYMTS.NET>
Subject: Re: Restoring Westy cabinet edge pieces
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Why is there no aftermarket trim available I wonder?
Jeff
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On 2012-07-15, at 12:10 PM, HotelWestfalia <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET> wrote:
> I have worked on these cabinet trims myself; used the heat gun to soften
> them up to either stretch or just straighten them out. Inside the corners
> of the cabinets I used the handle of the screw driver to push it back into
> the corner, then hold it down by hand until it was cool enough to stay.
> They stretch well. I did not even use glue, the center part is meant to
> hold it in the wood.
> Zoltan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart MacMillan
> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 5:00 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Restoring Westy cabinet edge pieces
>
> I spent some time today "restoring" the hardened and shrunk plastic cabinet
> edge trim on my '85 project. This van had lived a long time in the sun and
> heat of eastern Oregon, and all of the plastic trim was hard and had pulled
> back from the ends as well as from the round inside corners of the cabinet
> frames.
>
>
>
> I used a heat gun to soften and stretch all of these pieces, and I did not
> have to remove any. For the thick (no longer available) edge trim I peeled
> back a foot or two and used the heat gun to soften and stretch it back to
> length while one end was still attached. For the cabinet corners I first
> softened them with the heat gun, then pulled a bit more out past the corner
> and softened and stretched it enough to form them back to the original
> curve.
>
>
>
> You could certainly remove the trim and soak it in boiling water briefly for
> the same result, but to remove the cabinet opening trim you have to unscrew
> the hinges and latches, which makes the job a PITA.
>
>
>
> A couple of these corners had shrunk so badly the doors couldn't be shut.
>
>
>
> It worked really well and was easy to do! These trim pieces are a
> thermoplastic after all!
>
>
>
> Stuart
>
> '85 Westy
>
>
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