[Shotimes] headliner questions

[Donald Mallinson]

Dave,

You seem like the right person to ask this question.

I have been to a couple of upholstery shops about getting 
the headliner replaced in my 89.  The car has an aftermarket 
full power sunroof (good installation).

Every time I go to a shop they say they won't do it because 
the old headliner is all chopped up and it will be too much 
trouble to replace it.  I know there are near perfect match 
materials out there, and the headliner is the worst part of 
my car.  Who do I go to, to get it replaced?  You coming to 
the convention and want to make some money working?  :)

Don Mallinson

Modemagic@aol.com wrote:
> The super 33 will work... but not as nicely as some other methods.  When I 
> redo a headliner for work, (I install sunroofs) I use a top adhesive sprayed 
> using a siphon feed paint gun on a air compressor.  Formica adhesive also works 
> nicely too.  When u redo your headliner, since you've never done one, or only 
> done a few, do it in two parts.  Do the front half and then the back half.  
> Spray the headliner board thoroughly and the cloth, not just blotches here and 
> there.  Start in the center and work your way to the edges pulling the headliner 
> with one hand and keeping tension and laying down the headliner material to 
> the board.  If you start to get wrinkles, pull it back up gently and stretch it 
> a little to lay it down with no rinkles.  Yes, its possible to lay it down 
> with no wrinkles anywhere on the headliner although sometimes seems impossible.  
> Afyer you do the first half, repeat the process on the second half.  After 
> you got it all layed down, flip the headliner over to the backside, spray along 
> all the outer edges and pull the headliner around the edge and over.  This 
> will give you a clean look on the outer edges of the headliner.  Spray around any 
> holes in the headliner (domelights, sunroofs, etc.) cut headliner material 
> out and pull it over to wrap the holes and toss it back in the car.
> 
> This is a quick rundown of how to wrap a headliner.. one of these days I need 
> to do a good how-to with pix for shotimes.com.... maybe next headliner I 
> recover... :)
> 
> Dave
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