drooping headlining
Discussion
Hi,
I've just put the hardtop on my Dart for a change, and now I remember one of the reasons why I took it off 5 years ago... The headlining is in lovely condition but has come unstuck from the roof itself so droops down and annoyingly just rests on the top of my head. I don't want to start stripping it all off and reglueing it but can anyone think of any clever ways of resticking it with the headlining in place. I did wonder if there was a way of injecting glue up through the small perforations, has anyone done such a thing?
cheers
Joe
I've just put the hardtop on my Dart for a change, and now I remember one of the reasons why I took it off 5 years ago... The headlining is in lovely condition but has come unstuck from the roof itself so droops down and annoyingly just rests on the top of my head. I don't want to start stripping it all off and reglueing it but can anyone think of any clever ways of resticking it with the headlining in place. I did wonder if there was a way of injecting glue up through the small perforations, has anyone done such a thing?
cheers
Joe
It's a common problem with Jags the age of mine & I've never heard of an easy fix. Mind you, as you can turn yours upside down it might be possible. Good luck.
PS. Mine is held up with lots of pins pushed into the soft stuff behind the lining, do it carefully enough & you can create logos to glance up at
PS. Mine is held up with lots of pins pushed into the soft stuff behind the lining, do it carefully enough & you can create logos to glance up at
Here's an idea:
Mount the hardtop upside down, and lay a sheet of plastic over the headlining.
Cover the plastic with gravel, or something else to weight it down so that the headlining is touching the inner surface everywhere.
Heat the outside of the top to soften the old glue - electric convector heater? Small propane garage heater? If the surface gets no hotter than you can bear to touch it'll be OK - it gets hotter than that in the sun!
Leave it being warmed at least overnight or longer, allow to cool and then strip out the plastic and gravel.
You can hope that the lining will have re-stuck to the old glue - but don't take it out on a sunny day!
John
Mount the hardtop upside down, and lay a sheet of plastic over the headlining.
Cover the plastic with gravel, or something else to weight it down so that the headlining is touching the inner surface everywhere.
Heat the outside of the top to soften the old glue - electric convector heater? Small propane garage heater? If the surface gets no hotter than you can bear to touch it'll be OK - it gets hotter than that in the sun!
Leave it being warmed at least overnight or longer, allow to cool and then strip out the plastic and gravel.
You can hope that the lining will have re-stuck to the old glue - but don't take it out on a sunny day!
John
On my S1 XJ6 the headlining had drooped because the cardboard behind had perished and come apart, in that case no amount of re-gluing would have helped, might be the same case with yours. I bought the material, made a new backing out of fibre board and re fitted it, wasn't too bad or expensive. Of course finding the right material could be an issue for you...
Whatever you do decide to do, make sure you use high-temperature glue. I think I got mine from homebase.
Whatever you do decide to do, make sure you use high-temperature glue. I think I got mine from homebase.
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