Reconditioning the roller cover

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DaKyy
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Reconditioning the roller cover

Post by DaKyy » Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:05 pm

DISCLAIMER: Although my hands are pretty feminine, those are my wifes hands on the pictures. She did all the work here, I was just documenting the procedure. So if it looks crappy, it is her fault. (If it looks great I can take the credit) :rofl:

First, I removed the other end of the roller cover by pushing the pin out of its socket

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Then the I removed the cover - it isn't actually attached to the metal part, you can just slide it off.
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The new fabric is black fake leather, should be good under stress and low temperatures. I used the same leather on the doorcards and there were some left over.
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Then I teared open the cover to get out the cardboard part with metal frame. Now missus can take measures of the old cover :)
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Then she took the measures:
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And cutting action:
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It's starting to look like a cover:
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To be continued...
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Post by DaKyy » Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:05 pm

Let the glueing begin!
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Some pressure on the seams after glueing
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The center part
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The other end was attached to the roller bar with a small enough electric cord and cotton string. The cord was sewed to the fabric and then it we fitted the cord through the side of the bar pictured below: (in other words, back to where it came out from)
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Underside coming along
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The textures almost match :)
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Almost finished product; the long seam pushed the glue through the fake leather so I'll be adding a chrome/brushed aluminum profile on top of it. Maybe add the Volvo logo also that it is now missing :)
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Post by DaKyy » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:04 am

Now all you have to do is to retension the roller cover, because it has probably lost the tension after doing this procedure. Thanks to The Xile for this how-to manual: http://volvo480.dragons.org.uk/forum/vi ... hp?t=17551
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Post by Auk » Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:26 am

Nice job mate! Looks great :)
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Post by stig » Sun Mar 01, 2009 6:23 pm

Hi DaKyy,

Great work. You have a very talented and very understanding wife. Lucky Boy !!

Cheers

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Post by DaKyy » Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:34 pm

Thanks :)

I made this mod all by myself:

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It hides the glue residue that popped up from the fabric. Its not ready though, a black stripe will be inserted to the currently blank area :)
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Post by stig » Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:56 pm

Clever chap....very nice.
So, how did you do the last bit ?

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Post by DaKyy » Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:22 am

I bought ordinary aluminium ledge(or flat aluminium profile, don't know what is correct translation) that is about 2mm thick and 20mm wide and cut it to correct lenght. Then I bought custom made 'Volvo' vinyl sticker from http://www.decalsplanet.com/category-44-volvo.html - it was 4" wide and I calculated the height of the sticker is under 20mm so it fits to the ledge.

Then I glued the ledge to the fabric and 'installed' the vinyl sticker. Easy peasy!

If someone knows a place that sells vinyl stickers cheaper than decalsplanet, please let me know too :) That sticker was 4.10$ + postage 6.99$ I only ordered one but the quality was good.
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Post by DaKyy » Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:28 pm

And the finishing touches:

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Post by stig » Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:47 pm

Great job...looking good.

Thanks for the information.

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Post by DaKyy » Sun May 24, 2009 6:01 pm

Some pics of the new rollerblind fitted:

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Post by B18FT - LOVER » Sun May 24, 2009 11:01 pm

That looks really good mate, great work :hopping:
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Post by altair » Mon May 25, 2009 6:16 pm

Very Nice work DaKyy :D
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Post by stig » Wed May 27, 2009 7:21 pm

Great work...that looks superb.


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Post by B18FT - LOVER » Wed May 27, 2009 7:58 pm

Make sure you pass on some credit to the mrs mate or else :wife:
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Post by DaKyy » Thu May 28, 2009 6:16 am

I'll pass your compliments to my wife :D
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Post by Auk » Thu May 28, 2009 7:01 am

DaKyy wrote:I'll pass your compliments to my wife :D
Mine too, mine too!! :hopping:

Looks great!!
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Post by pa.chab » Thu May 28, 2009 10:19 am

That looks great! :wink:
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Post by benwalllker » Thu May 28, 2009 4:04 pm

would love one identical in my car
nice work
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