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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<PAGE>
                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.6.2

                                               (NORTH CAROLINA)

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

         THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO DEED OF TRUST, ASSIGNMENT OF RENT & SECURITY
AGREEMENT, dated as of June 29, 2001, is made by 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, an individual
("Trustee"), whose address is c/o First American Title Insurance Company, 100
North Greene Street, Greensboro, North Carolina 27420, and BANK ONE, NA, a
national banking association ("Bank One"), whose address is 40 North Main
Street, Dayton, OH 45402, assignee of SOCIETE GENERALE, resigning Administrative
Agent, and successor Administrative Agent (in such capacity, "Beneficiary") for
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 Deed of Trust 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.

                                    RECITALS

         A. Grantor has executed that certain Deed of Trust, Assignment of Rent
and Security Agreement to Trustee 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 "Deed of Trust), as subsequently amended.

         B. Grantor, Trustee and Beneficiary have agreed to further modify the
Deed of Trust as provided herein in accordance with the terms of that Agency
Assignment Agreement dated June 29, 2001 entered into by and among Day
International Group, Inc., Societe Generale as resigning Administrative Agent
and Bank One in its capacity as successor Administrative Agent.

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         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements herein, the parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:

         1. Amendment to Deed of Trust. The Deed of Trust is hereby amended to
reflect the resignation of Societe Generale as Administrative Agent and its
replacement in such capacity by Bank One, NA as successor Administrative Agent
under the Credit Agreement, as amended, and pursuant to the terms of the Agency
Assignment Agreement dated as of June 29, 2001 as follows:

            a. The introductory paragraph to the Deed of Trust is hereby amended
by deleting "Societe Generale, whose address is 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New
York, New York 10020", and substituting "BANK ONE, NA, whose address is [611
Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48226]" in place thereof.

            b. All references in the Deed of Trust to Beneficiary are henceforth
deemed to be references to Bank One, NA, as Beneficiary

         2. Ratification. Except as set forth herein, the Deed of Trust remains
unmodified and in full force and effect.

         3. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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

                               DAY INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                               By:
                                  -----------------------------
                                  Name:
                                  Title:

ATTEST:

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Print Name:
Title:

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                                            JOSEPH M. RITTER, solely in his
                                            capacity as Trustee

                                            ----------------------------

ATTEST:

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Print name:
Title:

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                                            BANK ONE, NA

                                            By:
                                                -----------------------
                                                Name:
                                                Title:

ATTEST:

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Print Name:
Title:

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STATE OF OHIO              )
                           : SS
COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY       )

         I, _____________________, a Notary Public of the County and State
aforesaid, certify that ____________________________ personally came before me
this day and acknowledged that he (or she) is _____________________of DAY
INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware Corporation, and that by authority duly given
and as the act of the corporation, the foregoing instrument was signed in its
name by _____________________, its ___________________, sealed with its
corporate seal and attested by himself (or herself) as its ____________________.

 Witness my hand and official stamp or seal, this ____________ day of
_______________, 2001.

                                           ____________________________________
                                           Notary Public for __________________
                                           My commission expires ______________

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STATE OF ___________________)
                            ):SS
COUNTY OF __________________)

         I, ______________________, a Notary Public of the County and State
aforesaid, certify that JOSEPH M. RITTER personally came before me this day and
acknowledged that he is a Trustee under the Deed of Trust, Assignment of Rent
and Security Agreement, and that the foregoing instrument was signed by him in
that capacity and in no other capacity.

Witness my hand and official stamp or seal, this ________day of ______________,
2001.

                                            ___________________________________
                                            Notary Public
                                            My commission expires______________

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STATE OF ________________)
                         ): SS
COUNTY OF _______________)

         THE FOREGOING INSTRUMENT was acknowledged before me this ____ day of
_____________________, 2001 by _____________________, the _______________ of
BANK ONE, NA, a national banking association, as Agent, on behalf of said
association.

____________________________________
Notary Public for _____________ County
My Commission expires ______________

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