Where to buy Headliner Fabric

[JrJohnston]

All board type headliners with fabric have the foam pad attached to the fabric. Some of the older cars like mid seventies F-body cars that had perforated vinyl glued to a board didn't. Use only high temp glue. It can be any brand as long as it's for high temp aps. The absolute best is counter top contact cement sprayed on with a glue gun, but the can stuff will hold if you use it as you should by spraying it in a criss-cross pattern and use most of a can for typical small to medium headliner. Let it get tacky to almost feeling dry, press it down without stretching it too much. :wink:

All the perforated vinyl headliner was foam backed, all my detroit fabric books from 72 on shows foam backed!

http://www.midwestfabrics.com/index.php ... tail&p=220 this is the best glue to use without a compressior and a spray gun, and if you have a spray gun and compressior it can be bought by the gallon or 5 gallon can.

 

[Randy_W]

I'm not saying replacements don't have foam backing on perforated vinyl, but I know for a fact that some Ohio built F-bodies from '75-'76 had unbacked perforated vinyl glued to the board, both my '75 and '76 Formula's were that way and I bought the '76 new and got the '75 from the original owner with the original headliner that had started to turn loose. I was working on them in the mid seventies, as they say "I was there." :wink:
There are at least a dozen cements that work as well as any other available for spray gun use, all will last longer than the foam on the backing that will rot first and causes 99% of headliner problems. None of these are any better than counter top cement. I don't use it a lot because I buy bulk, but for the guy that needs a pint to install a headliner, it's as good as anything sold. We all have our own favorite and I have 35+ years in the business. I look at new stuff all the time and have changed brand and styles many times as new products prove better than old ones. If you don't use a temp cement(up to 180 degrees), it may very well turn loose on you. Beyond that, use what you like, I do. When I post here I'm not trying to get anyone to do it my way, I'm just using my experience to tell you what I've found to work in the past. :wink:

 

[JrJohnston]

I'm not saying replacements don't have foam backing on perforated vinyl, but I know for a fact that some Ohio built F-bodies from '75-'76 had unbacked perforated vinyl glued to the board, both my '75 and '76 Formula's were that way and I bought the '76 new and got the '75 from the original owner with the original headliner that had started to turn loose. I was working on them in the mid seventies, as they say "I was there." :wink:
There are at least a dozen cements that work as well as any other available for spray gun use, all will last longer than the foam on the backing that will rot first and causes 99% of headliner problems. None of these are any better than counter top cement. I don't use it a lot because I buy bulk, but for the guy that needs a pint to install a headliner, it's as good as anything sold. We all have our own favorite and I have 35+ years in the business. I look at new stuff all the time and have changed brand and styles many times as new products prove better than old ones. If you don't use a temp cement(up to 180 degrees), it may very well turn loose on you. Beyond that, use what you like, I do. When I post here I'm not trying to get anyone to do it my way, I'm just using my experience to tell you what I've found to work in the past. :wink:

Not tring to be a dick, just stating what I have delt with over the years. The counter top contact cement is the worst thing anybody can use one a headliner. "IF" they keep the car long enough to have to redo it again, they will have a hell of a time getting it to clean up, been ther and done that! I have had way too many of them come into my shop that they read on a internet form to use it, it works great .

 

[Randy_W]

The glue sticks to the foam backing, the foam backing rots and turns loose. Most headliner boards are good for one redo, so it's generally not an issue if the glue sticks well, in fact I usually consider that a plus vs having it turn loose because it didn't stick well enough. For the guy doing his own job it works fine! Of course we all have our systems, don't we. I'm sure your happy with yours as I am with mine. :wink: