The Ford Barn

ivoryjohn · 01-14-2012, 10:43 PM

With the cooler weather this winter even in South Mississippi, my car is held up at a shop 80 miles away waiting for the first warm weekend so my roof can be replaced on '29 Briggs Standard Fordoor. It is a pretty straight forward replacement and there are no compound curves to cover. It is a flat straight center covering.

The problem is the material needs to be warm to stretch enough to give a flat nice finished roof. I have a standard kit and tools just waiting on a warm day on a weekend so the guy can do it. That could be several weeks away and perhaps more depending on his schedule and his other projects. Naturally I want my car sooner than later.

I have done roofs replacements before and it is true a hot day and bright sun is best. I have also tried heat lamps and heat guns to warm up the material and neither was satisfactory. Both melted the material if not carefully watched.

I had a light bulb go off in my head and thought of the electric blanket I sleep under. On high I have to get out from under it.

What say all? Will an electric blanket on high heat up the material enough to make it easily stretched? It could be reapplied as you needed and another blanket over the top of the electric and the material, would serve to keep the heat in.

01-14-2012, 10:43 PM	#1
ivoryjohn Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: picauyne ms. Posts: 251	Would this work to heat roof material? With the cooler weather this winter even in South Mississippi, my car is held up at a shop 80 miles away waiting for the first warm weekend so my roof can be replaced on '29 Briggs Standard Fordoor. It is a pretty straight forward replacement and there are no compound curves to cover. It is a flat straight center covering. The problem is the material needs to be warm to stretch enough to give a flat nice finished roof. I have a standard kit and tools just waiting on a warm day on a weekend so the guy can do it. That could be several weeks away and perhaps more depending on his schedule and his other projects. Naturally I want my car sooner than later. I have done roofs replacements before and it is true a hot day and bright sun is best. I have also tried heat lamps and heat guns to warm up the material and neither was satisfactory. Both melted the material if not carefully watched. I had a light bulb go off in my head and thought of the electric blanket I sleep under. On high I have to get out from under it. What say all? Will an electric blanket on high heat up the material enough to make it easily stretched? It could be reapplied as you needed and another blanket over the top of the electric and the material, would serve to keep the heat in.