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May 2, 2009
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I need some help from the experts... 😉 One of my empty "spare" factory DW PP cases (brown) has some issues. The "skin" that is actually the outside of the PP case -- the brown part -- is lifting up at the corners. It appears it has shrunk a little also. Any ideas on how to stretch it back to original size and get it properly glued back down? I was thinking of steaming the affected area and trying to stretch it a little, but I don't want to do further damage either...
SHOOT
January 22, 2008
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My first thought was stretch it with heat too, though maybe with a hair drier or heat gun.
-Wayne
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January 24, 2009
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Not that I have any experience with a repair on one of these cases, but I agree, heat is probably going to be the best method.
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February 28, 2009
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I agree with heat as the solution. I believe it's plastic and heat would work better than steam, IMHO. Also I think it's easier to use.
-Mike
July 5, 2009
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I agree with heat and I also believe that a hair dryer would work best (a heat gun just gets too hot). Though I have no experience repairing DW cases, I used to work in a body shop in my early teens and its amazing what heat will allow you to do with plastics, vinyls, etc.
ONE WORD OF CAUTION: Be careful not to overheat the case liner as this likely will cause the liner material to distort and possibly shrink even more. Use a little heat as is necessary to get the job done.
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