X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 10 [X] Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 12:22:21 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from wind.imbris.com ([216.18.130.7] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.8) with ESMTPS id 2028645 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 06 May 2007 10:42:47 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.18.130.7; envelope-from=brent@regandesigns.com Received: from [192.168.1.138] (cbl-238-80.conceptcable.com [207.170.238.80] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by wind.imbris.com (8.12.11/8.12.11.S) with ESMTP id l46EfmvC033054 for ; Sun, 6 May 2007 07:41:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brent@regandesigns.com) X-Original-Message-ID: <463DE925.7080106@regandesigns.com> X-Original-Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 07:41:41 -0700 From: Brent Regan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: Re: Dash Cover - What's best? Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------040105020300010306000301" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------040105020300010306000301 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Matt asks: <<>> Although it is black, the finished side of leather is shiny so you can get specular reflection under certain conditions. A dull or "flat" finish is needed that resists UV and is light weight. The best material I have seen, and have used on my airplane for 12 years, is black ultrasuede ( www.ultrasuede.com ). Very effective and available at most fabric stores. My understanding is that this material is actually a urethane. It is very easy to cut sew and stretch. It is also available in dark blue and maroon. Not quite as good as black Ultrasuede but still better than black leather. Regards Brent Regan --------------040105020300010306000301 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Matt asks:

<<<Anyone got any pointers on what looks awesome on the dash cover? I heard not to use leather as it will crack so I figured some of you might have found what is better and easy to use, etc?>>>

Although it is black, the finished side of leather is shiny so you can get specular reflection under certain conditions. A dull or "flat" finish is needed that resists UV and is light weight. The best material I have seen, and have used on my airplane for 12 years, is black ultrasuede ( www.ultrasuede.com ). Very effective and available at most fabric stores. My understanding is that this material is actually a urethane. It is very easy to cut sew and stretch. It is also available in dark blue and maroon. Not quite as good as black Ultrasuede but still better than black leather.

Regards
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