The glue behind my headline seems to fail and can no longer be adhesive enough to make fabrics stay.
Any idea how to fix this? Temporary or permanent doesn't matter.
Appreciate.
Headliner Fabric Starts Peeling Off, Good Way to Fix?
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The glue behind my headline seems to fail and can no longer be adhesive enough to make fabrics stay.
Any idea how to fix this? Temporary or permanent doesn't matter.
Appreciate.
I asked the same question here a while back, and this is what was recommended to me, although it was for material on the inside of the door, not the headliner: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/b40069438/
It worked very well, and has stayed on for the 2 years or so after I applied it.
It worked very well, and has stayed on for the 2 years or so after I applied it.
Spot repair, in my experience, doesn’t work that well.
The best way to fix this is to take the whole thing out, scrape off all of the foam that has undoubtedly crumbled, and then use 3M headliner adhesive.
The best way to fix this is to take the whole thing out, scrape off all of the foam that has undoubtedly crumbled, and then use 3M headliner adhesive.
If that's the only area that has the liner coming loose you could fabricate a low-profle bezel and sandwich that between the light fixture and the headliner. The bezel will hold the liner down. You could cut a bezel from thin sheet plastic. You could even use a clear material like Lexan. I'm making this suggestion because the headliner may have shrunk a bit and there may not be enough "meat" on the liner to tuck under the light fixture, even if you can glue the liner down with headliner adhesive.
Spot repair isn't likely to work.
If you don't care about how it looks: tacks or staples.
If you do care, new headliner. It's the foam that broke down. The adhesive used in most shops is DAP Weldwood Landau. If DIY, usually two cans of headliner spray adhesive, 3M or Permatex, should do it.
If you don't care about how it looks: tacks or staples.
If you do care, new headliner. It's the foam that broke down. The adhesive used in most shops is DAP Weldwood Landau. If DIY, usually two cans of headliner spray adhesive, 3M or Permatex, should do it.
A temporary repair that may last a couple of years would be to remove the light, lightly scrap any deteriorated and flaking dried out foam away then apply some of this around where the light goes and press the fabric onto it the put the light back.
This is available in sheets or tape both are double sided. I used it on my old Saab in one small area just until I could remove it and recover it, it is still fine and that was almost 4 years ago.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005572IQW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
This is available in sheets or tape both are double sided. I used it on my old Saab in one small area just until I could remove it and recover it, it is still fine and that was almost 4 years ago.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005572IQW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1