I say GO FOR IT!!!! Sounds like a good solution to a common issue. Personally, I glued mine 3 years ago with the 3m stuff and I live where temps are 100+ most days in the summer and mine has not sagged at all...
Brice -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Denis P. Goldman Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 11:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Headliner Repair...HELP! I've been thinking. I have tried twice in five years to successfully fix my headliner. I used the correct adhesives, and did everything right. Now I am right back where I started. So, I think I am going to go another route. I am considering going to a fabric shop, and picking out a couple of yards of a nice fabric. Black with speckles doesn't matter anymore, plain black would be fine, as would a black with red speckles etc. I figure I would be safe and get 2 yds wide by about 3 or 4 yards deep. The benefit to using a fresh uncut sheet of fabic would be that you won't have to worry about centering the fabric on the shell. Which means the fabric will cover the shell no matter what. And you don't have to worry about using delicate glues, you can probably get away with any low-shrinkage spray adhesive. Punching the appropriate holes (sunroof, oh shit handles) shouldn't be too much of a problem either. That's my new project for now...I think I will be stopping at Rag Shop on the way home from work tonight. Denis G. --- Larry Velez <[email protected]> wrote: > > What Vinyl based adhesive did you use? > > thanx, > > Larry > 91 GTI 16V - saggy headliner edition > > At 08:38 AM 5/30/2001 -0700, you wrote: > > >I re-glued my headliner some years back. Actually I > did it twice. (Don't > >use 3M 777) I pulled off the saggy liner and then > removed the molded > >backing. The sun roof area is very fragile so be > careful. On the second > >attempt I used Vinyl base adhesive and applied it > with a scalloped trowel > >to the backing and carefully positioned the > headliner over the adhesive and > >pressed. Before gluing I cleaned the decomposed > foam (and the failed 777) > >the best I could with paint thinner and a rag. I > washed the head liner with > >laundry detergent and water after the thinner. I > had more trouble getting > >the 777 off than any thing else. After gluing, I > let the headliner assembly > >dry for a couple of days before putting back in. > That was in 1996 It is > >still is holding up nicely. Except for the tears I > inflicted at the sun > >roof corners, you can't tell it has been re-glued. > > > >Walter Wiebach > >Tustin, CA > > > >1989 Jetta GLI 16V > > > >_____________ > >List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > >To remove yourself from this list, send mail to > [email protected] > >with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your > message > >See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > >Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to > [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in > the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
