[GMCnet] What is the secret for removing the plastic 'crown molding'?

[Kerry Pinkerton]

While I'm recovering the walls I noticed the long plastic strip that runs between the walls and the headliner is really discolored and ugly. I have some plastic paint and I'd like to pull it and paint but don't see how it comes off and don't want to break it.

What's the secret?
--
Kerry Pinkerton

North Alabama, near Huntsville,

77 Eleganza II, "The Lady", 403CI, also a 76 Eleganza being re-bodied as an Art Deco car hauler
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[Dennis Sexton]

Kerry Pinkerton wrote on Thu, 22 November 2012 09:14

> While I'm recovering the walls I noticed the long plastic strip that runs between the walls and the headliner is really discolored and ugly. I have some plastic paint and I'd like to pull it and paint but don't see how it comes off and don't want to break it.
>
> What's the secret?

Kerry,

John Harper's photo album...

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/g3843-how-to-remove-wiring-duct-cover-plastic-trim.html

And it may still break.

Dennis
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Dennis S
73 Painted Desert 230
Germantown, TN

[Glenn Giere]

If you can mask it off and paint it without removing it by all means do. It's very brittle and will most likely break.

Glenn

[Emery Stora]

Here is some information about removing it:

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/how-to-remove-wiring-duct-cover-plastic-trim/p9844.html

However it will probably crack.

I found that something called a Panduit electrical cable cover works great. The GMCs apparently varied. Some were 3" and some were larger.
My cable tray measures 3-3/16" with a caliper straight across the corners of the tray. Probably the same as what some have called a 3.25" tray. If you lay a tape measure across it the measure will bow a little and measure 3.25". The Panduit cover is 3-1/4" on the outside edges.

I found that I could hook the top of the cover over the top edge of the cable tray and then while pushing down on the top of the cover to bow the edge a little I could tap the bottom edge with a hammer and block of wood and get the cover to stretch a little so the the bottom edge would bow out and snap onto the lower edge. With it installed the top and bottom of the cover are at a small angle to the face (i.e. greater than 90 degrees at the edge).

It was a bit of work getting it on but it looks great. My GMC is a 1977 Kingsley.

You can find the Panduit covers at electrical supply houses. It comes in several colors.

I believe that Gene Fisher has information on his site under the Headliner Replacement section.

Emery Stora
77 Kingsley
Frederick, CO

[Emery Stora]

I forgot to say that the Panduit number is c3wh6

check out

http://www.panduit.com/Support/Search/index.htm?Nu=P_RollupKey&Text=c3wh6&Filter=All

Also, I just recalled that Jay Rabe posted on the net on Wed Feb. 23, 2011, under raceway cover, that Lowes sells a cover that he thinks works better than the Panduit.

Emery Stora
77 Kingsley
Frederick, CO

[Billy Massey]

That discovery was by Norman Wheatly of Houston. I wonder about him from
time to time.
<http://gmcclassics.com/tech/wheatley/rebuild01.html>

[Kerry Pinkerton]

An exceptionally well written restoration saga. This is the better of the two sagas.

http://gmcclassics.com/tech/wheatley/Wheatley75E2Rebuild.pdf

Did he ever finish it?

I'll look for some Panduit tomorrow