Strataglass issues

This is what I’m dealing with. That’s a 1/4” hole. Half of them I will have no choice but to move the post. New panel won’t stretch down far enough for the lowest I can install the fastener.
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ZZ13 said:
This is what I’m dealing with. That’s a 1/4” hole. Half of them I will have no choice but to move the post. New panel won’t stretch down far enough for the lowest I can install the fastener.
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I'd simply sew a tab. To cover the old snap hole put the tab over the top of the existing canvas. I integrated a snap tab which needed to extend further than the old one with corner filler here -
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Moved the center panel lift a dots. Now it has accent trim. Ha! Now to work on the starboard corner panel. It’s too short. May just move three of it’s posts.
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Finally started doing the last two panels - the front uzip panels. Did the port one. I share a snap tool with RayO on this site but it’s on his boat 45 miles away by car (18 miles by boat). I had to remove the two tie straps to see on the new clear. So I bought some short screws and a couple washers and a nut to temporarily put them back on until I can get the tool. Ten points to anyone that correctly predicts that the screws and nuts will still be on there in 10 years.

Probably my last post in this thread. Hope all this helps someone one day.
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ttmott said:
That looks great; the compound curves on the rear corners is quite fun right?
I did the same thing but also replaced the zippers. My canvas like yours was in great shape however I didn't use the Sailrite method like you did, leaving the perimeter of the old glass in.
First I traced the inner edge of the canvas on the old glass all around the perimeter using a grease pencil then I put "index" marks every foot on both the canvas and old glass including the locations of the zippers using chalk and grease pencils. That way I know exactly where the glass goes relative to the canvas.
Then I removed the stitching and removed the old glass. The zippers had to come off also as they were sewn through the glass.
I then laid the old glass over the new O'sea 40 gauge vinyl and traced it's outline then cut the new window out exactly the same size of the old.
Next putting the new cut glass over the old I traced using a grease pencil the canvas perimeter and index marks onto the new glass so the canvas can be positioned exactly in the location of the old.
Also I incorporated several improvements like snap extensions and better corner filling.
Using basting tape I reinstalled the canvas onto the new glass aligning to the marks then sewed using the Sailrite PTFE thread.
Like you I have the front and back panels yet to do but they aren't in bad shape like the curved panels were.
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Tom, I got an opportunity to try your method today on some panels I am doing for a fellow CSR friend. His factory panels were stitched such that the clear has its own stitching with no overlap to zippers or anything else. Pulling the old clear out was a piece of cake. But what I found is it was embedded in a sea of double stick goo on both sides from the original sewing. It was a mess. I got it on my hands, on the fabric and on the new clear. How did you deal with that? I managed to get the new panel in and sewn and cleaned off. But I’m doing the rest of it stitch over because I don’t want to deal with that.
 
ZZ13 said:
Tom, I got an opportunity to try your method today on some panels I am doing for a fellow CSR friend. His factory panels were stitched such that the clear has its own stitching with no overlap to zippers or anything else. Pulling the old clear out was a piece of cake. But what I found is it was embedded in a sea of double stick goo on both sides from the original sewing. It was a mess. I got it on my hands, on the fabric and on the new clear. How did you deal with that? I managed to get the new panel in and sewn and cleaned off. But I’m doing the rest of it stitch over because I don’t want to deal with that.
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Yea it was a mess on mine also but I found that with a wood scraper (picture is the one I used) that most of the goo and all of the old tape came right up off of the canvas with no damage to the material; it wasn't a big deal once I got the process down. I first tried using a solvent on the canvas but the old tape turned into a real mess.
Even with the new basting tape I got goo on the new glass; a little mineral spirits on a soft cloth takes care of that no problem. The mineral spirits won't hurt the vinyl.
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