Lacquering black tolex?
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Lacquering black tolex?
Has anyone ever done this on black tolex for protection/integrity? I have a cheap but very cool little vintage practise amp where the original tolex is peeling back due to damp & age. Once I’ve dried out the cab and glued it back down, I was thinking a thick lacquer coat might keep it from happening again, especially since the tolex is not wrapped but each side is cut as a separate piece and thus prone to peeling from the corners. Does this sound like a good idea or should I just bite the bullet and re-tolex it properly?
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Re: Lacquering black tolex?
Can't see any harm in trying it - if you're prepared to bite the bullet to re-tolex anyway.
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Re: Lacquering black tolex?
You're relying on lacquer to provide structural integrity (Stop the vinyl lifting). Given its propensity for cracking, I'd say good luck with that, but I mean good luck; don't take my opinion.RectifiedAmps wrote:Has anyone ever done this on black tolex for protection/integrity? I have a cheap but very cool little vintage practise amp where the original tolex is peeling back due to damp & age. Once I’ve dried out the cab and glued it back down, I was thinking a thick lacquer coat might keep it from happening again, especially since the tolex is not wrapped but each side is cut as a separate piece and thus prone to peeling from the corners. Does this sound like a good idea or should I just bite the bullet and re-tolex it properly?
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Re: Lacquering black tolex?
I thought it would be more to keep the damp out once glued back down....Slowy wrote:You're relying on lacquer to provide structural integrity (Stop the vinyl lifting). Given its propensity for cracking, I'd say good luck with that, but I mean good luck; don't take my opinion.RectifiedAmps wrote:Has anyone ever done this on black tolex for protection/integrity? I have a cheap but very cool little vintage practise amp where the original tolex is peeling back due to damp & age. Once I’ve dried out the cab and glued it back down, I was thinking a thick lacquer coat might keep it from happening again, especially since the tolex is not wrapped but each side is cut as a separate piece and thus prone to peeling from the corners. Does this sound like a good idea or should I just bite the bullet and re-tolex it properly?
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Re: Lacquering black tolex?
Yeh, you’re both right with regards to what I was thinking - lacquer to keep it from lifting AND keep the cheap MDF from soaking up more humidity. I’ll give it a go and see what happens. I paid $11 for this thing, so I’m not risking much!
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Re: Lacquering black tolex?
Aah, right. I was thinking the moisture problem could be solved by putting the beer somewhere else.Bg wrote:I thought it would be more to keep the damp out once glued back down....Slowy wrote:You're relying on lacquer to provide structural integrity (Stop the vinyl lifting). Given its propensity for cracking, I'd say good luck with that, but I mean good luck; don't take my opinion.RectifiedAmps wrote:Has anyone ever done this on black tolex for protection/integrity? I have a cheap but very cool little vintage practise amp where the original tolex is peeling back due to damp & age. Once I’ve dried out the cab and glued it back down, I was thinking a thick lacquer coat might keep it from happening again, especially since the tolex is not wrapped but each side is cut as a separate piece and thus prone to peeling from the corners. Does this sound like a good idea or should I just bite the bullet and re-tolex it properly?
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Re: Lacquering black tolex?
You’d need to lacquer the inside too.RectifiedAmps wrote:Yeh, you’re both right with regards to what I was thinking - lacquer to keep it from lifting AND keep the cheap MDF from soaking up more humidity. I’ll give it a go and see what happens. I paid $11 for this thing, so I’m not risking much!