When I did the headliner replacement on my 72 I used contact cement. It has held great down in the heat of Alabama Mike in Opelika
On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 11:14 AM, stokester <[email protected]> wrote: > It has been quite some time since replacing the headliner in my daughter's > '70 beetle but haven't had any issues with loosening. It gets quite warm > here in the Tidewater area of Virgina during the summer too. > > If memory serves me right, I bought the headliner along with some > "industrial strength glue" from JBugs -> > http://www.jbugs.com/product/Quart-Can.html > > On Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 3:14:17 PM UTC-4, Bert Knupp wrote: >> >> Volks, >> >> When I installed a new headliner (TMI, perf vinyl) in my beetle in about >> 2007, I used 3M 08088 General Trim Adhesive for the various flaps, sills, >> etc., as directed. When I re-did coverings on some side upholstery >> panels, I used 3M 08090 Super Trim Adhesive (the yellow stuff) to secure >> coverings to the hardboard. >> >> Neither has turned out to be satisfactory, and I’m wonder whether my >> situation is unique. The adhesive – both the clear on the headliner and >> the yellow on the door panels – has loosened and let go, and turned to a >> honey-like goo. It gets hot here in the South – many days in the 90° to >> 97° range – but that’s not unusual in cars in the summertime, right? >> Even where the black fabric-backed PVC door panels were stuck to their >> hardboard backing (I had to scrape off the shoddy factory glue and >> replace it) they have all pulled loose around the edges. The DAF >> contact cement I used on the carpeting (footwells, tunnel, kick panels) has >> not fared much better: it has pulled loose, but at least it hasn’t turned >> syrupy. >> >> No solvents used, good surface cleaning was done, and the upholstery >> materials were new. Any ideas (a) what might have caused this, (b) what I >> should use when I re-glue stuff, and (c) whether there’s a better >> adhesive available (I’m getting ready to do a new headliner in a ’72 >> SuperBeetle). >> >> Bert Knupp in Music City USA >> >> -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
