Covering the cabinet with tweed... questions to confirm my convictions

[Leif H]

Hi all, I'm asking for advice, or for someone to let me know I'm on the right track.

I'm doing a tweed deluxe cabinet, which is completely home made, finger joint pine and I've got my tweed in hand and I'm dying to have at it.

I'd like to confirm what I've garnered so far specifically the order of operation. There is not a lot of info out there on doing this.

From what I can tell, the tweed gets installed first on the corners of cut out for the chassis.
Then the top and the top fascia, and the bottom & bottom fascia,
Then the sides.
The back panels coming last.

The tweed is going to be applied with water based contact cement, then brushed with amber shellac, and finally a top coat or two of nitrocelulose lacquer.

Am I forgetting anything?

[Alby]

The usual way is sides first then top and bottom. It's only cosmetic, the end result is the same.

When you do the small pieces in the corners of the chassis cutout make sure your piece doesn't go over to the top edge or you will see a lump where the pieces everlap. Again , this is cosmetic but it will bug you later if you can see the patch.

Good luck.
Alby.