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Subject:Re: cabinet trim on '87 westy...
From:Malcolm Stebbins
Date:Mon, 21 Oct 2002 16:55:38 -0300

People holler at me when I say "CHECK THE ARCHIVES" so I'll not
say that, and  I'll try to be of some genuine help.  The solution is to
remove, then heat the plastic moulding/trim and then it can be
stretched back into the correct length.  Folks try heating the trim by: 1)
oven, 2) boiling water, 3) heat gun (hair dryer type).  If you try the
oven, you will have to get the correct temp and time from the archives;
as I recall, it is about 100 degrees in the oven for 4 minutes or some
such.  Boiling it, only requires a few minutes too),  but don't take my
word for it!, check the archives.  When put back, it needs to be glued,
or it will shrink again.  M

> A recently purcased '87 westy is my second westy.   This one seems to
> have problems with the rubber/plastic trim which lines the _inside_
> edge of most of the cabinet door frames.   It appears as though the
> trim has shrunk which causes some of the doors to not close quite
> right.    Has anyone else suffered this problem?   Any solutions?
>
> -C-
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