"Redye" canvas top
Post by teking on Aug 7, 2006, 12:39pm
.... ok so I hosed up my top trying to get mildew outta it. Called Beachwood and they said that they can't redye it because they get the canvas already OD. They said they use to get OD Canvak but couldn't get it anymore.
So ... I called the Canvak manufacturer (BUCKEYE FABRIC FINISHING COMPANY). They said they nolonger make the OD Canvak. Bummer. But they DID SAY the following ...
They said all Canvak is is mineral spirits and WAX!!! When the spirits evaporate it leaves wax (thus water proof)
I was instructed that all I have to do to put the color back in my top is add PAINT!! I said, like the body paint that I have that is Olive Drab color from Gillespe? They said YEP!!!! When the preservative (mineral spirits) dries it will leave paint and wax!
Anyone ever heard of such a thing? I have a call into Beachwood to confirm.