Ovalrace25 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Who is a good supplier of and what material grain types is my question of the day. I am doing a 1926 "woodie" and need to select the proper grain and material type for this project. PROBLEM is color will NOT be black. Looking for dark green or chocolate brown. Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFitz Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 (edited) If the top was painted than very likely it was painted canvas used. For color matching the roof to the body, it was used on many car roofs even into the late 1920's. The boatyards I worked in were still using it to replace the original painted canvas boat cabin tops in the 1960's. Sometimes it's thought that the original tops were imitation leather, but often that was used to replace the original canvas after the cars had been out in the weather for years. The canvas comes in many different weights (thickness) and widths. Plus there are several types of primers/sealers made to work with canvas that are compatible with modern paints and would hold up far better than the originals. If you know your roof was not originally imitation leather, try searching for "canvas canoe" builders. Some of them sell the canvas and sealers for DIY canoe builders. Paul Edited January 14, 2019 by PFitz (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovalrace25 Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 YES! duh-- what was I thinking? And also airplanes used the canvas... Dang--- OK--- Now I have a few marbles in place and have something to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmsue Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Have you looked at BIGDUCKCANVAS.COM I ordered samples from them for a project. Nice selection and reasonable prices I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Ash Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Call Haartz Corporation and tell them what you want. They can probably supply it. http://www.haartz.com/introduction-restorers-guide 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 It use to be that you could get Cobra Long Grain Vinyl top material in both Black and medium Tan, but not seeing the Tan via my normal sources. You could try here: https://smsautofabrics.com/pages/vinyl-tops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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