Fri Jan 01, 2021 9:20 am
I’ve never done it myself, but I thought I would post my thoughts in case they are helpful! I would measure the existing felt, and cut the new felt to size first off. The old felt has to be removed. The old school way was to use horse glue, in which case all you have to do is heat the glue and the felt will come right off. If this doesn’t work, you can try a straight edge razor blade to scrape off the old glue and felt. For an easily replaceable glue, you can try fish glue. It is what some use now for glueing on pneumatic leathers. There are probably other glues that would work, but I have no experience with them. You need something thick and tacky to get into the pores of the felt.
For adjusting the tension of a pedal board, it really depends on what the design is. I had a Yamaha pedal board, where all your had to do was tighten some screws. Some pedal boards have a mechanism for tightening the springs that rotates. In others, you have to replace the leaf springs or coil springs to effectively tighten. There are other mechanisms too, if you post a picture of the pedal mechanism, we would be able to help you more.