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Old 07-16-2005, 09:57 AM   #1
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More headliner repair questions.

Ok, I have most of my foam off the fiberglass. But i have one problem, in a few spots it looks like i actually took off some of the fiberglass too. So i have a few low spots and valleys in the fiberglass. What can i use to fill these holes? Maybe i can fill it with some of my contact cement? Or fiberglass hardner. I would really like to coat the whole thing with hardner to give me a smoother surface to glue to. Does this sound like a good idea?

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Old 07-16-2005, 01:10 PM   #2
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WHat I do when I am redoing headliners is this,

Go to your local fabric store, they should have Headliner foam in stock or some other form of foam liner, I then spray glue that onto my Area and smooth it out, this also helps cover rips and tears and smoothes out lines along the head area. I thin cover the foam with the fabric I choose and cover the foam. I usually wait a day for the foam liner to dry and then do the fabric over.
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Old 07-16-2005, 06:47 PM   #3
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WHat I do when I am redoing headliners is this,

Go to your local fabric store, they should have Headliner foam in stock or some other form of foam liner, I then spray glue that onto my Area and smooth it out, this also helps cover rips and tears and smoothes out lines along the head area. I thin cover the foam with the fabric I choose and cover the foam. I usually wait a day for the foam liner to dry and then do the fabric over.
Not a bad idea, but i already have the fabric with the foam already attached. Any ideas how to get the headliner fiberglass smoother?
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Old 07-17-2005, 09:25 AM   #4
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Smoother? Did you take some huge chunks out? I have done a headliner and that stuff is very forgiving. I don't think slight changes in the surface of the headliner backing will have a very big effect on the covering material. I could be wrong, but uless you have more than an 1/8 - 1/16 of an inch difference, you probably wont notice.
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If you took out huge chunks you might want to use a bit of bondo to smooth it out or fiberglass repair kit, which is probably better then bondo.
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Old 07-17-2005, 05:42 PM   #6
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nope, no big chunks, maybe 1/16 inch, i was just a little concerned

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