vinyl headliner / adhesive not working / suggestions?

psyjoniz · Mar 15, 2002

(i did a search - came up emptyhanded)

alright...

i spent my last weekend redoing my headliner. i thought i did it correctly as i'm severely anal about everything and when i put it in it was perfect - or as perfect as i could get it. anyway - looked great throughout the week and i figured i was done except for the sunroof slides which i have been putting off till this weekend. anyway - today i get in my car to go to work and i notice that the vinyl is starting to come down in spots - then i look a little closer and i realize that its literally falling down almost everywhere. i used a spray adhesive called 'Super Duty Interior Adhesive' made by 'Heads Up'. It claims to be for all interior car applications from carpet to plastic to vinyl. suffice to say - it dosen't work worth a crap.

does anyone have any suggestions as to what i can use? i haven't taken it out yet to see exactly whats wrong, but i believe its a mixture of humidity and heat (south florida - gotta love it).

thanks for any help.

95stktrbo:( · Mar 15, 2002

I'm kind of in the same boat as you. I recently used some headliner adhesive and it worked great for 2 weeks then came down again. This is AZ "Where it's a dry heat"

Late,

russwess69 · Mar 15, 2002

get some 3m addhesive of some bulldog glue... you'd be better off, I used spray tack addhesive on a box with vinyl and it lasted for about 3 months, after that is started to come off in places... check auto zone and try the 3m (recomended)... the bulldog is strong as hell, but it has to be applied with a paint brush... That is what we used at the audio shop where we did alot of head liners!!!!

psyjoniz · Mar 15, 2002

thank you - i will check it out and let you know what happens.

i had to take the headliner out tonight cause it was completely falling down - bare metal for me till this gets fixed - yay - anyway - i pulled the vinyl off the headliner and now the solid piece is really flimsy - but at least the vinyl is cut..

..is that bulldog going to add any stiffness to this? how much is it by the way?

evan2 · Mar 15, 2002

hey psy.. i did mine a long time ago

and i used stinky elmers glue.. i live in florida too north west though. it came down the next day.

bought some high temp glue that was made for headliners and it works great

the 3m will do my friends all used it. i used felt on my headliner

vinyl is alittle heavier but that should work.

russwess69 · Mar 15, 2002

The bulldog glue is great for headliners, but I think it only comes in 5 gallon buckets!!! In actuality, I would drop by a upholstery shop and buy some of the glue they use on the same material to do headliners. It would be your best bet and prolly cost about the same!!!

grimmey1g · Mar 15, 2002

You could also do what I did and spend 95 cents on some tacks and paint them the color of your headliner

but thats why my name is grimmey1g. Hence I must keep it grimmey

psyjoniz · Mar 15, 2002

grimmey1g said:
You could also do what I did and spend 95 cents on some tacks and paint them the color of your headliner but thats why my name is grimmey1g. Hence I must keep it grimmey

haha - thanks for the advice - i think i'll still try to do it right -

russwess69 · Mar 15, 2002

This was a problemb I found with tryin to do a headliner in a 1999 Eclipse rs with a sunroof (electric).. I noticed this on the way to work this mornin, how would you cover the slide that you can pull shut that blocks light from comin into the sunroof? I am truley curious b/c I may go ahead and put White vinyl for my overhead!!! Any answers???

grimmey1g · Mar 15, 2002

I think thumb tacks is the answer to all the worlds problems at this point. Mabey I should open a business making customized thumb tacks to hold up headliners and other misc. things.

onisson · Jul 13, 2002

im not sure what type of glue was used for mine but i can find out.

scotthidley · Jul 13, 2002

3M sprayable contact cement. I did it last year on vinyl and it still looks perfect. If anybody wants to check it out I'll be at the SO. Mich gets as much sun and heat in the summer as Florida (believe it or not). The key to making it work is the prep. You have to remove ALL of the old adhesive, not just spray over it. Also spray both surfaces being glued. Any Home Depot will stock the spray as well. I had plenty left over from 1 can.

vinyl headliner / adhesive not working / suggestions?

psyjoniz

95stktrbo:(

russwess69

psyjoniz

evan2

russwess69

grimmey1g

psyjoniz

russwess69

grimmey1g

onisson

scotthidley

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