Amp Head covering complete.

Tonight I came home from work and brushed on the DAP low VOC contact cement. Here's a pic of the Tolex (Vinyl) with 2 coats of contact cement applied. I let it dry about 1.5 hours and then applied a 2nd coat to make sure I didn't miss any spots.

I found that the Tolex (Vinyl) dried about 1/2 as slow as the wood cabinet. So I ended up having 3 coats on the head cabinet and 2 on the Tolex. Here's the head hanging in my garage.
The next step I used some wax paper to lay under the amp head and also on top. I then put the Tolex on top on the wax paper. The wax paper kept the two surfaces separated, until I was ready. I added some tape and drew reference marks at the middle (lengthwise) of the Tolex sheet. This is so that the seam on the bottom of the amp was somewhat in the middle.

I then measured the overhang on each side, at the front of the amp. This was to make sure that it wasn't on crooked. I needed it to be straight because I only had about 1/2" overlap on the bottom seam, so I was cutting it close.

Here is the bottom of the amp. This is the easy part. You just overlay the Tolex and using a sharp knife and a straight edge I cut down the middle of the two pieces where they overlapped each other. (2 thick). After I finished the cut you pull of the 2 scraps and you are left with a perfect seam where both pieces lie flat (no overlap), and butted up against each other.

Here I'm securing the inside of the head. At the bottom of the picture is the top of the head. (upside down)

Here's a corner detail, of the back side of the amp head. I read about applying Tolex, they say after your 100'th amp you get the hang of it. I got the hang of it during this one, but the next one will be better because I realized where I could improve the process. Especially when cutting corners.

Here is the completed Amp Head Cabinet. This is a view from the front, I'll most likely have a wire mesh under that slot (vent).

Here's the top of the head

A view from the other side.

This is a view of the back of the Amp Head.

Finally a view from the back of the Amp Head. I set the front of the cabinet face down on my cutting mat. I envision that the amp face plate will rest against the amp face boards.