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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.6.1

                                                                [North Carolina]

              FIRST AMENDMENT TO DEED OF TRUST, ASSIGNMENT OF RENT
                              & SECURITY AGREEMENT

                                     between

                        DAY INTERNATIONAL, INC., Grantor,

                            JOSEPH M. RITTER, Trustee

                                       and

             SOCIETE GENERALE, as Administrative Agent, Beneficiary

                          DATED AS OF OCTOBER 19, 1999

                       AFTER RECORDING, PLEASE RETURN TO:

                              Dennis D. Kiely, Esq.

                           SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT
                          (a partnership which includes
                           professional corporations)
                              425 Lexington Avenue
                            New York, New York 10017

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              FIRST AMENDMENT TO DEED OF TRUST, ASSIGNMENT OF RENT
                              & SECURITY AGREEMENT

                  THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO DEED OF TRUST, ASSIGNMENT OF RENT &
SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of October 19, 1999, is made between DAY
INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation ("GRANTOR"), whose address is c/o
Day International Group, Inc., 130 West Second Street, Dayton, OH 45402, JOSEPH
M. RITTER ("TRUSTEE") whose address is c/o First American Title Insurance
Company, 100 North Greene Street, Greensboro, North Carolina 27420 and SOCIETE
GENERALE, whose address is 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York
10020, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, "BENEFICIARY") for the several
banks and other financial institutions (the "LENDERS") from time to time parties
to the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Agreement dated as of October
19, 1999, (as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise
modified from time to time the "CREDIT AGREEMENT") among SG Cowen Securities
Corporation, as Arranger, Beneficiary, the Lenders, and Day International Group,
Inc. ("the BORROWER"). References to this Mortgage shall mean this instrument
and any and all renewals, modifications, amendments, supplements, extensions,
consolidations, substitutions, spreaders and replacements of this instrument.
References to this "AMENDMENT" shall mean this instrument. Capitalized terms
used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto
in the Credit Agreement.

                                   WITNESSETH

                  WHEREAS, the Grantor and Beneficiary have agreed to modify
that Deed of Trust, Assignment of Rent & Security Agreement dated as of January
16, 1998, recorded in the Buncombe County Recorder's Office in Deed Book 1899,
Page 762 on January 20, 1998 (the "MORTGAGE") so that it will (i) secure, among
other things, an increase in the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured
under any contingency by that instrument and (ii) reflect the new Maturity Date;

                  NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, Grantor, Trustee and Beneficiary hereby agree as follows:

                  1.       The Deed of Trust is amended by deleting the
reference in the opening paragraph to "333 West First Street, Dayton, Ohio
45401" and substituting the following therefore: "130 West Second Street,
Dayton, OH 45402".

                  2.       The Deed of Trust is amended by deleting the
reference in the opening paragraph to "the Senior Secured Credit Agreement dated
as January 16, 1998 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or
otherwise modified from time to time the "CREDIT AGREEMENT") among Societe
Generale Securities Corporation, as Arranger, Beneficiary, the

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Lenders, and Day International Group, Inc. ("the BORROWER")" and substituting
the following therefor:

         "the Senior Secured Credit Agreement dated as of January 15, 1998 among
         Societe Generale Securities Corporation, as Arranger, Beneficiary, the
         Lenders, and Day International Group, Inc. ("the BORROWER"), as amended
         and restated pursuant to the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit
         Agreement dated as of October 19, 1999 among SG Cowen Securities
         Corporation (successor in interest to Societe Generale Securities
         Corporation), as Arranger, Beneficiary, the Lenders, and the Borrower
         (as the same may be further amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise
         modified from time to time the "CREDIT AGREEMENT")."

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                  This Amendment has been duly executed by the undersigned on
the date first above written.

                                     DAY INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                     By: /s/ Dennis R. Wolters
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                                         Name:  Dennis R. Wolters
                                         Title: President

ATTEST:

By: /s/ David B. Freimuth
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    Name:  David B. Freimuth
    Title: Vice President

                                     JOSEPH M. RITTER, solely in his capacity as
                                     Trustee

                                     ___________________________________________

ATTEST:

By: ________________________
    Name:
    Title:

                                     SOCIETE GENERALE

                                     By: /s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
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                                         Name:  [ILLEGIBLE]
                                         Title: Director

ATTEST:

By: /s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
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    Name:  [ILLEGIBLE]
    Title: Agent