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Automotive vinyl hairline cracks- brand new
I don't tend to have the greatest luck, for those that know my story.
Anyway, the latest in my saga is that I got some dark brown automotive vinyl for my 911, but every eight inches or so, there is a loose line across the vinyl of interspersed tiny cracks in the vinyl. You can only see them in the correct light at viewing angles of about 70 degrees or more. I have covered one RS door panel with it, so when the doors are open, they don't look great. They look fine from straight on. See below. I am assuming I got a bad batch of vinyl. Thoughts? not bad  looking good.  Sunlight. On the right side you can kind of see the vertical lines.  Awww crap... 
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12-06-2015, 06:46 PM
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hairline cracks
I believe the sheet was folded for a long time ....maybe it can be ironed from its back side.
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12-06-2015, 06:52 PM
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That is what I thought. Thing is, the entire roll has the same lines in the same rough spacing. I just can't visualize that being due to folding given this it happens every 6 or so inches. You can kind of see four vertical lines of the repeating pattern below the window switches in the second to last photo.
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12-06-2015, 07:00 PM
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The brown vinyl I bought for my panels has nothing of the sort. I just got mine on today.
  
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That looks really slick Arne. I am going to get in contact with the upholstery shop that ordered me the vinyl.
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wow, that is the best brown interior i have seen, i like!! sorry.
oh, and this will fix the cracking  
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Yes, looks like a bad "run" in the batch of vinyl you purchased. |
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12-07-2015, 04:46 AM
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I think he was joking on the repair
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12-07-2015, 09:54 AM
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The vinyl may have been rolled and then stored flat for a long time, causing the cracking to appear at the same interval as it bends around the flattened shape.
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12-08-2015, 11:58 AM
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Ya. I'd say rolled up and then weight was put on it.
But having said that, was there a cardboard core inside it to stop this from happening?
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12-08-2015, 12:04 PM
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1984 Porsche Carrera 3.2
1973 BMW 2002Tii
'84 Carrera Coupe (Sold)
The Yellow One (Sold)
The one I wanted for decades (Sold)
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