MOTM

Does anybody have experience with or links to descriptions for 
covering plywood with Tolex?

Thanks!

Mike

I used tolex to cover my MOTM cabinet. It's not the elegance of wood, of course, but the stuff works like a dream. By that, I mean that it's stable enough to be strong but stretches just enough to make it easy to apply. It's relatively expensive but worth the money, IMO.

I bought some from a guy in town who recovers Fender amps. He gave me all the tips for using it. Use 3M Spray 90 for adhesive and use a new exacto knife for the trimming after applying the tolex. I bought metal corner protectors so I wouldn't have to worry about my corners. You should go to local music stores, etc to look at the Fender method of covering. There seems to be a standard for overlapping (when to, when not to, and how much), and corner work that Fender has used over the years.

One last tip, I covered my cabinet in August (warm time). I bet the stuff doesn't work so well in January so apply it while in a warm room.

John Speth
mailto:johns@...

Thanks, John!  All good info, and appreciated.  I have two plywood 
cabinets that are painted black, but I want to cover them with 
snakeskin (!) I have the corners and the feet, and just needed 
reassurance that it wasn't a tricky job, because as you say, the 
stuff's expensive.

Snakeskin MOTM...

Mike

--- In motm@y..., John Speth <johns@m...> wrote:
> I used tolex to cover my MOTM cabinet.  It's not the elegance of 
wood, of
> course, but the stuff works like a dream.  By that, I mean that 
it's stable
> enough to be strong but stretches just enough to make it easy to 
apply.
> It's relatively expensive but worth the money, IMO.
> 
> I bought some from a guy in town who recovers Fender amps.  He gave 
me all
> the tips for using it.  Use 3M Spray 90 for adhesive and use a new 
exacto
> knife for the trimming after applying the tolex.  I bought metal 
corner
> protectors so I wouldn't have to worry about my corners.  You 
should go to
> local music stores, etc to look at the Fender method of covering.  
There
> seems to be a standard for overlapping (when to, when not to, and 
how much),
> and corner work that Fender has used over the years.
> 
> One last tip, I covered my cabinet in August (warm time).  I bet 
the stuff

> doesn't work so well in January so apply it while in a warm room.
> 
> John Speth
> mailto:johns@m...