[DeTomaso] Headliner

Thomas Törnblom thomas at hax.se
Sun May 19 16:57:49 EDT 2019


I fixed it years ago. No restoration in sight for this cat. :)

/Thomas

> 19 maj 2019 kl. 21:19 skrev Paul A Rimov <rimovp at gmail.com>:
> 
> Oh no the dredged headliner failure, more than a few full interior and exterior restorations began with with it’s failure.  Fix it quick before the you start thinking, ya know since. Cheers 
> 
> rimovp at gmail.com
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>> On May 19, 2019, at 10:55 AM, Thomas Törnblom <thomas at hax.se> wrote:
>> 
>> I had a similar experience.
>> 
>> I removed the headliner and cleaned off all the old foam. I glued some thin closed cell foam used for floor boards to the roof and then glued the headliner to the foam.
>> 
>> /Thomas
>> 
>>> 19 maj 2019 kl. 17:34 skrev Doug <doug351c at gmail.com>:
>>> 
>>> After my headliner came down on my head with the windows open on the freeway
>>> (very frightening!), I went it home and removed it completely.  I took just
>>> the headliner to an upholstery shop where they told me to go home and try to
>>> scrub all the old foam off the back.   If the original thin foam layer has
>>> deteriorated enough to be flaking everywhere like mine had, you'll be able
>>> to scrub it off and reuse the vinyl.  You can also clean the other side of
>>> the vinyl to make it look nearly brand new.  I took it back to the
>>> upholstery shop where they put a new foam layer on my old vinyl (they're a
>>> good source for the very thin foam).  Then I went  home and used the 3M
>>> headliner adhesive (as Sean suggests) to reinstall the refurbished
>>> headliner.  It has worked and looked great for some 15 years now.
>>> 
>>> Doug Braun
>>> Blue 73L #5505
>>> 
>>> 
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