I attempted to do a tambour door repair, a-la "silvertwinkie.com" (
Repairing tambour doors), and ran into a little trouble.
I used some fabric that is like the "duck cloth" mentioned, but a little bit lighter. It really seemed to soak up the contact cement...right through. ok...well, then I applied it to the back of the tambour slats, which appear to be just cardboard, or similar. the first door I did seemed to work ok...I haven't actually checked it yet, but on the other, it seems that the slats just absorbed all the cement. I let them set up for the indicated time (~20 min), and it seemed to be "gone". so i applied another thin layer, let it sit just a few minutes, and put the pieces together. After sitting overnight under some weight (a stack of plywood shelves), I checked it thismorning, and the handle piece just came right off.
. I didn't have time to mess with it much, but I'm not optimistic that the rest of it is thoroughly stuck together.
having never worked with contact cement before...I know alot of you have done laminate countertops, and such....I thought maybe you might have some tips. how much is too much? how tacky is "tacky"? is it too humid in my basement? maybe some other glue would work better...I know the guy that made that nice photo essay said that "spray glue" didnt' work. but there's "spray glue", and then there's "spary glue", kwim? that 3m stuff is supposed to be pretty dern sticky, from what I'm told.