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[rossul.burn]

Hi, has anyone sprayed their headliner because ive been told fitting a new one is a right hassle. if you have sprayed it what did you use, what was the finish like and is it worth it?


Thanks Ross

[mike.]

Here was my headliner. The previous owner had stuck some fur material to it and one hot day the glue melted and it all just fell off. I was left with a tatty old headliner full of glue:



So I rubbed it all down with a rag with thinners on it to remove all the glue, it ended up taking the colour out of it to, but left a good surface for paint:



I then painted it with black emulsion and a little foam roller. It took a couple of good coats to into the textured surface but it looked great afterwards:

[rossul.burn]

Bloody hell thats a really good finish on that! when did you do it and does it still look that good? also has the paint not cracked?

[Podman]

In the 80's, I redid my headliner with shoe dye.
I repainted car blue, i did the headliner pale blue because it was a bit crappy.
Came up well but sadly any pictures have long gone.

[che]

Many years ago I painted he roofliner white which was that had turned nicotine brown due to previous owners. Although being dubious I painted it with a pot of white just using a brush and was very pleased with the results, it far outlasted the car and got rid of the ashtray smell! Afraid I can't remember the name of the paint but it was proper paint for the job.

[rossul.burn]

so its possible but im just worried of the paint cracking and looking worse than it would have done before painting

[mike.]

Mine didn't crack at all and it was done 2 years ago now. You can buy vinyl paint in spray cans but it'll cost you more money that way.

Mine was just some decent quality johnsons black emulsion

[Guess-Works.com]

Done, many with vinyl spray, works a treat. Just make sure the headlining is clean first and then spray away.

[rossul.burn]

is there anywhere that does white vinyl spray?