I have a 10 year old Volvo and it runs and looks great, with exception to the interior's ceiling. At first, little bubbles showed up on the laminated cloth interior. These just grew and grew, now I have bags bumping on my head. If I just rip this out, it would look awful. How can I "glue" this fabric back on?
2007-03-19 16:22:29 · 15 answers · asked by Kitiany 5 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
First off its called a headliner. Adhesive spray will solve the problem.
2007-03-19 16:33:21 · answer #1 · answered by pyledriver 3 · 2⤊ 5⤋
Car Ceiling Fabric
2016-10-02 21:33:48 · answer #2 · answered by binnix 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Car Ceiling Repair
2016-12-16 12:32:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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You should be able to do it yourself, you just need to get some headliner glue (go to an autoparts store), you pull the fabric down on one end of the car (closest to where it's falling) spray it up on the roof as best you can, then stick it back on. An autobody shop, upholstry shop, even a general repair shop should be able to do it fairly cheap, but it still won't be as cheap as a can of the glue.
2016-04-06 23:21:01 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You can't. Take the headliner backer board out and scrape all the loose fabric backing from the cardboard backer.
I used a scotch scuffing pad. Go to Jo-Ann fabrics and get new headliner material. Buy 4 cans of heavy duty spray glue at an auto supply store. Spray one coat on the back of the new fabric and backer board. When dry spray a second coat on both. The fabric will bond instantly.
Make sure you prefit and leave enough to wrap around the edge of the backer.
2007-03-19 16:39:35 · answer #5 · answered by R1volta 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
"3M Super Trim Adhesive". http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00086I66Q
I paid about $16 a can for it at NAPA. As for the material, check the condition of it before deciding to reuse or buy new.
I needed 3 cans for the headliner of a Suburban (big). Expensive stuff, but cheaper than doing the job twice with cheap glue. It also motivated me to use new material, which was actually cheaper than the glue.
On the Suburban, the vinyl or cloth is glued to a hardboard panel bent in the shape of the ceiling. That's held on by trim pieces (and, weirdly, the dome light.) I removed all the trim etc, tagging and bagging the screws as I went, and pulled the hardboard panels down.
I peeled the failing vinyl off the hardboard, and the hardboard was covered with deteriorated foam. I used wire-brushes and sticky tape to get that off as well as I possibly could. This is essential, because gluing onto flaking old foam would make it all come down again.
I tried to reuse the old vinyl, but a) it was fused to foam which had deteriorated; b) it had shrunk so would no longer fit... and anyway c) it was heavy as hell, which is surely part of why it drooped. So I bought new cloth-on-foam material, this sort of thing. http://www.worlduph.com/fbheadliner.htm
It took about 20 minutes of calling around to find a place that sold headliner cloth retail. Lots of automotive upholstery shops would also order it for me, for more money.
I followed the instructions on the spray can, stuck it together. Let it cure 24-48 hours maybe, and reassembled the car. A second person helped me hold it up while I reassembled the trim pieces.
Can't say how well it's holding up, but the repair seemed solid at the time I did it, and looked really nice. My only gripe is it was cloth instead of vinyl, so more prone to soiling.
2007-03-19 16:43:16 · answer #6 · answered by Wolf Harper 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
I have had old Volvo's I know what you mean. The glue that you can get to do that with looks crappy and doesn't last very long. Call a Volvo dealer and price a new ceiling liner. They aren't that expensive and if you love your car, it will be well worth it.
2007-03-19 16:29:16 · answer #7 · answered by Mike Hunt 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've used Hillman upholstery twist pins on several ceilings in the past. It's about 5.00$ on Amazon (prime even). They just twist in through the ceiling, through the cardboard backing. I put in several of them. They don't look too bad. I would imagine better than if I tried to do the glue and it got wrinkled or clumpy.
2016-08-19 08:53:09 · answer #8 · answered by Casey 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i own a repair shop,and from the factory they use a special type of spray glue that sprays from a paint gun,its the same stuff all the good upholstery shops use to put this new material back up with,it cost around 140 bucks to get a new piece of material glued up there but most shops including my own will put a life time warranty on it,the material and the glue just to do that job with isn't that expensive,its the labor of getting the board out of there and getting all the old stuff cleaned off,and getting it ready to re-glue the new one up with,the spray glue in a can wont hold it very long it has to be the industrial type to hold it up, i do these a lot,and in the 15 years we been doing them we have never had one come down yet,id find me a good auto trim shop that could put a new one back up ,and be done with it,good luck i hope this helps.
2007-03-19 16:43:04 · answer #9 · answered by dodge man 7 · 12⤊ 0⤋
I have a 1994 ford tempo GL. The vinyl top out on exterior roof needs to be repaired. The seams needs to be sewed. Is there someone in Salem, Oregon do this and give me an estimate?
2014-08-09 11:08:13 · answer #10 · answered by LORAINE 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi:
Get some spray adhesive like 3M's Super 77, and you could probably make a small, inconspicuous hole in the fabric, and put the nozzle of the sprayer in the hole and try to spray it around evenly, and then press the fabric up. That may be the most cost effective for you. Hope this helps.
2007-03-19 16:34:41 · answer #11 · answered by artistpw 4 · 5⤊ 2⤋