Headlining paint.

mrnice · May 25, 2015

Having got fed up with my headling repeatedly sagging and generally looking a dirty mess I have removed it and pulled off the fabric, I'm going to rub the excess foam off and paint it as close to the original grey as possible, could anyone suggest what to use? I'm thinking a flexible matt/satin grey paint, preferably a spray that will look as close in colour and texture as possible as the original.

Any ideas?

woody13 · May 25, 2015

Try plasticote.

haigy · May 25, 2015

I used garage door grey paint.same color as my headlining and did the job

blackstrat · May 25, 2015

Use matt Kitchen/bathroom paint in whatever colour you want - indistinguishable from fabric until you touch it..

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Saltlick · May 25, 2015

I just used aerosol grey primer! Thought I'd prime it before a top coat, but actually liked the colour so left it at that

mrnice · May 25, 2015

Cheers fellas.

Lookin good stratty.

blackstrat · May 25, 2015

mrnice said:
Cheers fellas.

Lookin good stratty.

Cheers, third one I've done like that now.. that was my old D2, two coats just brushed straight onto the grp.

mrnice · May 27, 2015

Right,

Inspired by strattys fancy light roof I chose a matt off white flexible ceiling paint (recommended by the bloke in the shop) instead of my original grey and its tidied up up no end, for the cost of the paint, mini roller and brush (under £20) I'm well chuffed.

I would recommend this method to anyone suffering from the dreaded saggy headlining.

another forum · May 27, 2015

I used b&q emulsion in dark grey

pontyslapper · May 28, 2015

I used the leftovers of some matt emulsion that we painted the hall with.

Totally 'free' as the tin was heading to the tip.

natdawson · Jun 3, 2015

Quick couple of questions for you guys who have done this, do you just remove the fabric or the foam as well? Also if you do remove the foam how much extra road noise is there?

Quite tempted by this.

Saltlick · Jun 3, 2015

Yep, fabric and foam off, or you can't paint it properly. There's no difference in road noise.

blackstrat · Jun 3, 2015

natdawson said:
Quick couple of questions for you guys who have done this, do you just remove the fabric or the foam as well? Also if you do remove the foam how much extra road noise is there?

Quite tempted by this.

Rip off the fabric and clean off the old foam with a (not too vicious) wire brush until you get back to the grp..

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Saltlick · Jun 3, 2015

I scrubbed mine with a nylon nail brush and the brush Hoover attachment, which meant that there was still a fabric pattern on the surface

blackstrat · Jun 3, 2015

Saltlick said:
I scrubbed mine with a nylon nail brush and the brush Hoover attachment, which meant that there was still a fabric pattern on the surface

Why would there be a fabric pattern on it?

Saltlick · Jun 3, 2015

I think it must be from the first layer they put down before the fibre matting and resin?

blackstrat · Jun 3, 2015

Saltlick said:
I think it must be from the first layer they put down before the fibre matting and resin?

Might be but I would've thought grp on that scale would be more like blow it in with a chopper gun then vac bag it..

mrnice · Jun 3, 2015

I stuck 10mm recycled PU foam underlay to the bare roof when my headlining was out (I got it free from work), measured it up, cut sections out and stuck em up. Its now hell of a lot quieter when it rains and also warmer when I have the heaters on (and presumably a lot cooler in the summer) this stuff: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=1...jHqa27gbR9IKACQ&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg&dpr=0.9 You can get thicker 12mm but its all I had in the back of my van at the time. You can pick it up for under £3 a square meter (you do pay for what you get, ours is closer to £6 as its very dense) or pop round your local flooring shop and see it they have any second hand they are throwing away. I was going to put a second layer over it but was worried about it bulking out too much and not being able to fit the headlining back on but now wish I had, I still might.

blackstrat · Jun 3, 2015

mrnice said:
I stuck 10mm recycled PU foam underlay to the bare roof when my headlining was out (I got it free from work), measured it up, cut sections out and stuck em up. Its now hell of a lot quieter when it rains and also warmer when I have the heaters on (and presumably a lot cooler in the summer) this stuff: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=1...jHqa27gbR9IKACQ&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg&dpr=0.9 You can get thicker 12mm but its all I had in the back of my van at the time. You can pick it up for under £3 a square meter (you do pay for what you get, ours is closer to £6 as its very dense) or pop round your local flooring shop and see it they have any second hand they are throwing away. I was going to put a second layer over it but was worried about it bulking out too much and not being able to fit the headlining back on but now wish I had, I still might.

I couldn't be arsed with all that so I just got hundreds of tea bags emptied out the tea and refilled them with opened out tampons sprinkled with silica gel then sewed them all together with a rot proof thread to match the interior and made a quilt that I then stuck to the inside of the roof with bee's wax.

Saltlick · Jun 4, 2015

Yeah it's effective, but it's just so over done these days - couldn't you think of anything original stratty?

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