headliner recovering

[Eric Waterman]

You can try spray glue, but it might not last too long.  Make a small cut
so you can spray it behind the fabric, then press it back up.

I pulled the headliner out of my car, but I had to bend it slightly.  There
wasn't enough room to get it through the door.  You might have more luck if
you remove one of the seats, but I don't remember if they got in the way or
not.

Eric


On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 2:58 PM, David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Really? I would have thought that it would come out fine, if with
> difficulty due to its unwieldiness, once you took out all of the upper
> interior trim and maybe also the seats so that you could rassle it through
> one of the doors. The only car with which I have even indirect experience
> was my mom's old '94 Accord, many years ago, in which the dealer replaced
> the headliner under warranty.
>
> On another headliner-related note, is there any hope for re-sticking
> headliner fabric that has pulled away and having it look OE? The interior
> of my Accord is immaculate save that, inexplicably (it was a FL car, but
> always garaged) the headliner has pulled away from the two rear corners
> near the passengers' heads. It's annoying.
>
> David
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Erik Halvorson <hammer_down at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Good topic.  Two of the B13's under my care have good headliners but one
>> is falling apart.  The foam has definitely died and the material over the
>> top is quickly following.  I know the best way to do these fiberboard based
>> headliners is to remove them from the car.  Not sure that can be done
>> without cutting it or removing the windshield or back glass first.  There
>> are some good videos (youtube) that go over headliner refurbishing and they
>> talk about suggested/reccomended materials too.
>>
>>
>> > David P wrote:
>> > Based on the same sentiment that Geo expressed re:tints....
>> >
>> > Where does one go to get a headliner recovered? And is it possible to
>> > get it recovered in anything like the OR mouse fur fabric? I suppose
>> > upholstery shops do this kind of thing. And I could do it myself, but
>> > I'd want to get fabric that, if it didn't match the exisitng grey
>> > exactly, at least ended up with an OE look. And I think the degradation
>> > of the foam backing is at least half of the problem.
>> >
>> > It isn't the highest priority, but my SE-R's interior is in really nice
>> > condition except for a ratty headliner (and disintegrated sun visor
>> > padding) that seems to have happened via nothing more than the passage
>> > of time.
>> >
>> > David
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