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Nope. You don't really need much to hold it in place. It's just that I've found that contact cement shrinks just a little bit as it sets. This is made worse if you used heat to stretch the tolex around a corner, or to match up a seam. Masking tape seems to hold it in place 'just enough' to keep it from shrinking back. Plus it's easy to remove.
This is especially nice around corners, where you can sometimes get little parts of tolex puckered up, right in the point of the 'V' that you cut. A little bit of heat, and you can mash it right down, and hold it in place with tape, until it is thoroughly set.
Also, it helps to spray paint first where you might have a seam. Especially with black tolex. Just the smallest of a pinhole gap, and the bright wood underneath will draw the eye. Painting it black first will make it invisible.
(Sorry for the blurry photo)
This is especially nice around corners, where you can sometimes get little parts of tolex puckered up, right in the point of the 'V' that you cut. A little bit of heat, and you can mash it right down, and hold it in place with tape, until it is thoroughly set.
Also, it helps to spray paint first where you might have a seam. Especially with black tolex. Just the smallest of a pinhole gap, and the bright wood underneath will draw the eye. Painting it black first will make it invisible.
(Sorry for the blurry photo)
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