The Lotus Grand Tourers

Whilst on the subject of headlineing ,whats the best glue to use ?

I redid mine over 2 years ago and its sagging allready

Tought it was the cheap lotus type material i used {thin outer poorly glued to a thin foam.Thought it was that ,that was comeing apart

Had a quick look at it tonight and its actually the foam come away from the roof

The aerosol glue i used wasnt up to much ,have read something about heat proof glue .Anybody now about it !

Its annoying doing all that work only to find it almost back t o square one after relativly short time

Thanks Mark

I got high temperature adhesive from woolies with the material.

Was it spary or paint on ?

Woolies sell tinned paint on high temp adhesive or sray on. You really need the paint on. I imagine that the spray would go on places that you would rather wern't covered in glue.

http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/p-1361-br ... ining.aspx

It's really good stuff. Paint it on both surfaces, wait 10mins and press together.
I've been using it over the past month on and off and now have booked myself into the local Wolverhampton glue sniffers anonymous

Cheers,

Phil

Did u not find that painting the glue on tended to saturate the foam part of the headlineing causeing it to show through the outer cloth part?

Also what size brush did u use ? and did u have enough time to paint cloth and the roof before it went off

Thanks Mark

It's important not to use too much pressure.

The adhesive is applied and allowed to go sticky.

Then the fabric is 'gently' applied to the surface.
Any excessive pressure and yes the adhesive will soak through and will need doing again.

I had this happen when doing the sunroof section.
I laid the metal frame on the fabric. Then the next day, took it all off and the second go laid the fabric on the metal frame.

The headlining shoud be applied by hand with smooth motions on the flat of the hand.

Hope this helps.

So woolies AF178 and a brush is the way to go?

But is it guaranteed not to unstick like the glue i used before

has anybody seen it stand the test of time?

Mark

I used Evode 528 from Screwfix, on the actual roof, and Woolies Spray on the foam, then applied the foam using a new foam paint roller, large and small types.

Two years, in the opensun in the summer under a cover, still OK.

Terry

dpr59 wrote:This is the one I'm using.

http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/pc-1359-9 ... ining.aspx

Hope to get it finished this weekend.

DPR:- I noticed the Empire Grey headlining you're using is 54inches wide, their Dove Grey is 52" wide. I'm doing mine is the next few weeks and was wondering how much material you had 'spare' at the sides? That is, do you think the 2 inch narrower fabric would be okay?

Difficult to answer as I had the sunroof to allow for........

Which took two goes due to my errors.

Don't think it would matter too much.

The main sections were across the roof and there was plenty on the edges for trimming.

I wasn't too concern with conservation of material.

Got round to taking some pics of the finished head lining:



No more material on my head





[Sun visors proved the most awkward to do - still not happy with them



B posts were easier than expected



Resprayed the grill's with black paint left over from doing my header tank



Lynnes handy work - stitching two pieces together



New carpet on back 'parcel shelf' - found in sister inlaws loft

Total cost £120.05. Not quite to the standard of a professional but it leaves me money to spend on other things on the Excel

Thanks to all the guys who gave me advice and Chris's 'how to'

Cheers,

Phil

Phil, that looks really good - smashing work

It's made a big difference to the look of the car - changing the colour has added to that

Top job....

Now what's next ?

Good job, Phil. Looks great.