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Restoring - General discussions that span across many different groups of years and models => Body, Paint & Sealers => Topic started by: relex on October 17, 2023, 10:43:48 AM

Title: metal thickness of staples
Post by: relex on October 17, 2023, 10:43:48 AM
Anyone ever looked into what type of stapler would be necessary to install splash shield rubber and the rear interior quarter fuzzy strips?  (65-66 fan shroud rubber pad too!)
Found a couple places that sell them.  Guess I need to figure out the metal thickness first.
Title: Re: metal thickness of staples
Post by: CharlesTurner on October 17, 2023, 11:38:09 AM
Looked into it years back and a stapler strong enough to pierce the metal was like $10-20k.

Title: Re: metal thickness of staples
Post by: jwc66k on October 17, 2023, 12:40:27 PM
Anyone ever looked into what type of stapler would be necessary to install splash shield rubber and the rear interior quarter fuzzy strips?  (65-66 fan shroud rubber pad too!)
Found a couple places that sell them.  Guess I need to figure out the metal thickness first.
The staples supplied on the replacement rubber kits are way too big. I wound up using home made staples from safety wire and matching the existing holes on the shields. It's time consuming so have beer available.
Jim