So my headliner was sagging and I had just grabbed a nicely redone set of sunvisors out of a junkyard car that were black. End result, I wanted a black headliner. Off to the fabric store I went where a flirtatious good looking girl helped me out (and I was treated rudely by the older hag woman running around) with some nice thin black fabric that looked and worked perfectly. My problems began when I grabbed a can of this stuff for $4: The can says it's great for automotive repairs such as headliners since the glue is made for bonding things like fabric and foam, spray the fabric and the foam, let sit for 1 minute, apply togethor for a permanent bond. Layed out the fabric, cut it to size and began spraying. Unfortunately I didn't think far enough ahead and wound up doing some kind of a counter clockwise gluing pattern and that resulted in some wrinkles in the back where I couldn't see them so I didn't really care. I got done with it and was really happy with the results, everything tucked in nicely and it was 95% smooth. Drove the car about 4 hours later, no sagging, nothing falling, I was again happy with the results. Went out a while ago to check to see how it was doing a day later and this is the result: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: Now I get to do the whole thing over again with some better glue that I'll have to go buy. Oh, and don't use the duro crap! :rant:
I've never had a spray can of contact cement work well for me. Go to Cheapo Depot and get cabinet/formica contact cement and roll it on.
Is the foam you are adhering the fabric to in good condition? There is a possibility of the fabric coming off with a small layer of foam on it, meaning the adhesive did its job, but the foam did not.
go to a shope that does headliner or fabric repairs. they have a liquid contact cement. when i bought my material for my headliner, they gave me 2 containers of contact cement for free. stuff works great and its designed to withstand heat and hold up over a long time. thats my suggestion. guess you know now huh? p.s. did you just use fabric or actual headliner material? i got 6 yards...enough to almost do my liner 2x in the electra for under 50 bux.
The foam was in the best condition that I've ever seen that old of foam in. Springy to the touch and none of it came off when I removed the old headliner. Used some really light fabric, cost less than $5. I guess I'll be doing the contact cement instead this time around. ou:
I had that same thing happen to me on my old station wagon.......it looked so great until it got hot and fell down. :ball: It would take a lot of it, but I'll bet super glue would work good. Only problem is you'd really be in trouble if things went wrong and it glued itself to you! ou: :laugh:
Got a tip to check out this 3m (#77 I think) spray adhesive, made to do exactly what I need so I went to the hardware store and found it and of course it only came in the really big can for $16.99. :rant: :rant: Contact cement in a can, $4.99, roller $2.93, roller pad $2.49, plastic roller pan $1.99. :rant: :rant: I think the pins can hold it up for now.
Hi, I had the same thing happen with my daugthers 86 Sunbird. I took a syringe, (needle-less) filled it with Lepages white glue and shot it through the fabric every 4 inches to the foam. Looked like it had the chicken poxes. When it got hot it sagged between glue points , cold it tigthened up. It was only a Sunbird. Thanks
I cannot find the thread, but I recently did the headliner in my truck, using the 3M stuff (not sure of the actual number). It lasted a few weeks and now sags in a couple spots due to the hot sun. I can push the sagging area back in place and it will stay up overnight, until it gets hot again.
