[DeTomaso] refinishing the front trunk, grade and thickness of felt?

Jeff Detrich jjdetrich at gmail.com
Tue Mar 13 18:42:40 EDT 2012


I have some scraps of original felt. You'd be surprised at how thin it is.

Jeff
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On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I think I'll go with felt, but in searching, I've found different grades
> and thicknesses.  It looks like F3 is good?  F1 is much more $s.  F3 is
> described as:
>
> SAE F-3 Felt is minimum 85% gray wool and has a density of 0.32-0.36
> g/cm3. This grade of felt is suitable for vibration absorption, resistance
> to abrasion and wear. F3 felts offer the same uses as F1 felts, but are
> best for applications where felt of a slightly lower quality is acceptable.
> Available in a variety of thickness and length. * Natural wool is used,
> slight color variation may occur
> It's available in 1/8 and 3/16 thickness on Amazon, $78 for 60 inch wide
> by 36 inches 1/8 thick and $91 for 60 inch wide by 36 inches 3/16  thick
> material.  I'm not sure how hard it is to stretch?
>
> Any experieince with this stuff?
>
> Here is a descprtion of different felts material:
>
> http://www.professionalplastics.com/professionalplastics/TypesofFelt.pdf
>
>  and:
>
> http://www.afgco.com/afg%20felt%20specs.pdf
>
> Ken
>
> From: Garth Rodericks <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>
> To: DeTomaso Mail List <detomaso at realbig.com>; Ken Green <
> kenn_green at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 11:41 AM
> Subject: refinishing the front trunk
>
>
> I've talked to several folks who recommend spraying the front trunk with
> bed liner material as they've done to the engine bay.  Could look nice!
> I've been contemplating it myself but haven't decided yet.
>
>
> Cheers!
> Garth
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