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duke36 · 11-12-2017, 01:18 PM

My experience was in the 1970's installing a tudor top, etc. Because of the tudor rear corners and lapping over the metal sides, suggest if possible put the material out in the sun and let it heat up, which may be warmer than the shop. A few tacks at the mid points first and then stretch to the corners. Should try to do this and completing the tacking of the top material in 1 day . Don't remember exactly the tacking spacing but probably was every 3rd or 4th hole which allows (other) holes to be available for the inner gutter pieces tacks. We used masking tape on the body to mark the existing holes in the gutter base strip to avoid those for the top. No gluing was used with the short/long grain material but we used a black sealant under the basetrim. Hope you get some more up to date responses. We did mask off the top and body to paint the metal gutters after installation was complete.

11-12-2017, 01:18 PM	#2
duke36 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 1,414	Re: 30 Tudor Top Install My experience was in the 1970's installing a tudor top, etc. Because of the tudor rear corners and lapping over the metal sides, suggest if possible put the material out in the sun and let it heat up, which may be warmer than the shop. A few tacks at the mid points first and then stretch to the corners. Should try to do this and completing the tacking of the top material in 1 day . Don't remember exactly the tacking spacing but probably was every 3rd or 4th hole which allows (other) holes to be available for the inner gutter pieces tacks. We used masking tape on the body to mark the existing holes in the gutter base strip to avoid those for the top. No gluing was used with the short/long grain material but we used a black sealant under the basetrim. Hope you get some more up to date responses. We did mask off the top and body to paint the metal gutters after installation was complete.