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Re: Refurbishment of RM 1563

For fixing leathercloth/rexine I use an alpha Adhesives spray-on stuff that comes in 5 lite cans. It needs to be applied from a proper spray gun at about 60psi and it's a great deal cheaper than small aerosol cans. It also has a long "tack" time so if you make a mistake it's fairly easy to correct. What is also has is a very high melting point. I found many years ago talking to a rep from Wardle Storey who used to make all sorts of leathercloth that temperatures inside motor vehicles can reach well over 150c at times!

A lot of the "can" aerosols can't achieve that sort of performance, so be warned! Good luck. Thsi week the weather has been excellent for rexine-ing as the material is more pliable and the adhesive I use sprays a lot easier. I've put some pice on the RT/RF owners group on FB of some of the bits for BEA MLL721 that I've done this week.

My bus number (if any): RML2532