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Old 08-23-2020, 07:47 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Rockbass View Post
This is just a note to amateur upholsterers like me. The attached photo shows the vinyl at the bottom of my door. The vinyl has swelled in a radiating manner from each panel clip. I have concluded that it is the chemical outgassing of the rust proofing I liberally brushed on the inner door panel. I am not going to say whose rust proofing I used because I can’t remember.
I suspect that the material used for the panel board may not have been correct. If there was no water barrier (plastic sheeting) behind the paneling water got into the cardboard and separated the vinyl from the glue.
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