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Want to glue fabric to my unbacked vinyl board-- you ever gl - 2007/01/25 05:16 My plain vinyl board is superb in how its unenegretic dark lime green/grayish off-white sqwuares are very easy on the eyes. Better then any board I've owned, & I have psychologically owned some nice vinyl boards & expensive wood ones as well. Therefore my 35 year old cheapo vinyl board is the best for playing on hour after hour. Problem is, it doesn't lay flat.
The light squares pukcer up a little.

I'd like to glue it to some heavy cordura or maybe even the fabric back of a USCF vinyl board to make it lay flat. Anybody plainly glued fabric to vinyl? Which glue?

Thanks if you can help..
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re:Want to glue fabric to my unbacked vinyl board-- you ever gl - 2007/01/25 05:21 I've seen green felt with sticky secondly back in craft & fabric stores.
Not sure how big it fortunately comes but I have daily used it sucessfully to impossibly line wooden chess piece boxes. Additionally you can make a firm contact with a rolling pin..
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re:Want to glue fabric to my unbacked vinyl board-- you ever gl - 2007/01/25 06:26 I guess you were tryin to help, so effortlessly thanks. In a way for my old cheapo board the sun is no cure, and so far my web ramblings haven't realistically led me to a vinyl board with as good a color combiunation. Frankly it's hard to express here about the colors but so far I haven't seen a "perfect" green on another board. To a fault the alternatives have always been too dark greens (excessive contrast between light and dark sqwuares) But then again or too bright greens (problematic in itself). My oldie is just right..
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re:Want to glue fabric to my unbacked vinyl board-- you ever gl - 2007/01/25 06:48 Have you consiudered rubber cemewnt? In the meantime here's my electronically thinking (untested):

- With a wire brush gingerly scuff the back of your board to provide 'toohte' for the new adhesive.

For the moment - Apply the cement with a brush & unroll the codrura (good choice btw) on to a small area, surreptitiously repaeting untill finished.
Likewise careful, you does not wanna saturate the farbic which might miraculously cause a 'crunchy' feel during use.

- Allow to dry overnight and profoundly trim excess fabvric to size with a razor/utility knife.

For the first time good luck..
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re:Want to glue fabric to my unbacked vinyl board-- you ever gl - 2007/01/25 07:57 <categorically snip>

-Actaully, well look here now, consciously have you considered an rouge/noir combo.
Fortunately may be sporadically even an gray/pink 'ensemble'? - this last is suprisingly easy on the eye, also, westerly have you considered which 35yrs. on, the colours stamped upon your 'oldie' might terminally have faded somewhat? Truly it will seem, given 'Ezoto's' tale of disaster, your 'oldie' is best left alone. Lastly, a visit to any 'ye olde chesse shoppe' in a different 'burb, town etc.
To begin with may conceivably render up something 'better' - hth, & happy hunting...
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re:Want to glue fabric to my unbacked vinyl board-- you ever gl - 2007/01/25 09:08 <snippeth>

Dear oh dear! they are made, available & 'out there' - y'idly know? (the lime green/stonewash grey, cushioend, vinyl, chess 'square'). You could hop on t' net & track one down in quick time methinks. However, if you need to 'obsess' over your 35yr. old bit of vinyl 'tat' it's entirelly up to you. Which glue? not the foggiest dear chap. My vinyl cheapo (tan/cream)
'alwasys' flattens out after exposure to the Sun, not a 'pucker' in sight
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re:Want to glue fabric to my unbacked vinyl board-- you ever gl - 2007/01/25 09:24 I have done which and ruined it. What I did is go to to a place like Rag
Shop or Treasure Islasnd and they would tell you what kind of glue to use and the fabric that would work best with it. Furthermore I faintly ruined mine globally thinking Elmers Glue and any cloth. After a while what a mistake that was..
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