cutlass supreme headliner help please

[chriscutlass]

Hi all i have an 87 cutlass supreme brogham that needs a headliner except i have a small prob geting the old glue or asbestos off the ceiling whats the best way to remove and replace fabric to headliner or any sugestions are helpful thanks

 

[username]

After you pull the old material off, I found the best way to clean the old glue and foam off was with a stiff bristle brush and/or something with a stiff edge like a piece of sheetmetal for a scaper for the stubborn areas.You do have to be careful not to disentgrate the 20+ year old fiberboard though.If you want to splurge or you want something a little more durable there are abs boards out therehttp://www.automotiveinteriors.com/abs_boards/cars/olds_cutlass.htm There may be more websites out there this was the first one that popped up.

 

[1evilregal]

if you look at 85cutlassbrouham's lengthy build thread, he's got a pretty detailed section on cleaning/recovering his headliner... I can't remember what page it's on, but I learned alot from it, and got some ideas also.

 

[adumb]

yes its some crappy dirty work getting all the foam crap off the old headliner board, but once you get it all clean, some 3m aresol headliner adhesive works amazing,