| Headliner replacement -- for Deb [message #95118] |
Mon, 09 August 2010 13:25  |
Dennis S
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Deb,
Welcome to the site.
You asked for help on headliner replacement.
Here is a link to the GMC photo site -- search for headliner and you will find several albums.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/
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Dennis S
73 Painted Desert 230
Memphis TN Metro
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| Re: Headliner replacement -- for Deb [message #95119 is a reply to message #95118] |
Mon, 09 August 2010 14:05  |
C Boyd
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| Dennis S wrote on Mon, 09 August 2010 14:25 |
Deb,
Welcome to the site.
You asked for help on headliner replacement.
Here is a link to the GMC photo site -- search for headliner and you will find several albums.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/
Responding to a message on a different thread (hijacking a thread) is difficult for many of our users as it affects our ability to store all messages. It also is not seen by those who use the forum -- a mirror of the mailing list.
Please consider adding your name, coach type and location as a signature line to each message.
Dennis
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Welcome Deb: Since the last GMC class A was made in 1978 you might want to look at the original sales brochures (link below) and maybe find what you have. If you could post your TZE # off the firewall under the passenger hood we would know more. There were other companies that tried to continue the GMC but eventually failed. Good Luck.
http://www.bdub.net/publications/
C. Boyd
76 Crestmont
East Tennessee
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| Re: Headliner replacement -- for Deb [message #95189 is a reply to message #95118] |
Mon, 09 August 2010 23:40 |
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Dan Borlase
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Deb...We completely rebuilt the interior of our 78 PB and used DOOR SKINS found at most building supplies stores. They come in 4x8 sheets and are single ply hard wood from some other country,also they are cheap to buy.
Using the old cardboard headliners as templates, we traced and cutout new headliner backing plates.(sounds hard, but the doorskins cut easely with a utility knife)
I had gone to an upholstey shop (auto/boat) and discused the possable choises in headliner materials...slected one, and took the roll home. Using our newly cut out doorskins, I trimmed the fabrick to fit, and folded the fabrick back in half.
Using 3M spray contact cement, we proceded to apply a coat on both the wood and fabric and carefuly eased the too together.
Sound dificult, but if you take your time, its all doable.
You understand that all the upper cabinetts must be removed.
The doorskins bend nicely to the inside ark of our coaches, and the look is fantastic.
I would post pictures, but I dont know how!!!
Dan who is good at some things and not at others Borlase
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| Re: [GMCnet] Headliner replacement -- for Deb [message #95212 is a reply to message #95198] |
Tue, 10 August 2010 10:14 |
Len Novak
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Used white ABS plastic with a pebble finish.....bulletproof!
Len and Pat
78 Kingsley, The Beast II with dash lights that work
Fallbrook, CA
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=4375
www.bdub.net/novak/
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Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 5:09 AM
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Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Headliner replacement -- for Deb
Just throwing in my $0.02 here....
As a former Trimmer (Vehicle Upholsterer), I cannot stress the importance of
choosing the correct glue for a headliner. Going cheap on the glue will
only cause the headliner to "Lift" (Sag) from the substrate when the cheap
glue breaks down.
I've seen beautiful jobs literally fall down within 6 months due to cheap
glue. Stick with :d (pun) 3M or Weldwood products. They work well and
last.
Ken W.
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1973 GMC 23'
All Birch and Maple Interior Cabinetry. TZE033V100221
"The Honeycomb Hideout"
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1978 GMC Kingsley
The Beast II with dash lights that work and labels you can see!
Las Vegas, NV new email: B52sRule@Gmail.com
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=4375
www.bdub.net/novak/
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| Re: [GMCnet] Headliner replacement -- for Deb [message #95243 is a reply to message #95198] |
Tue, 10 August 2010 16:37 |
gmcrv1
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Ken,
Also a former & sometimes current trimmer. I could not agree with you more
on the adhesive - of course in the shop we bought 5 gallon buckets of that
pea green, yellow mustard adhesive for the spray guns. 3M makes several
excellent spray adhesives. Make sure you buy the one that states on the can
for HEAVY headliners. It may be 3M 8088 or 0898. But one will definitely
say on the label NOT FOR HEADLINERS. You will know the right one as it is
about 30% more $$$. And worth every penny. The 3M adhesives have a good
"spider web" pattern for optimal coverage.
And always trim with NEW single edge razor blades.
JWID
Tom Eckert N2VWN
73 Glacier
Oakland, TN
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 7:09 AM, Ken Wolkens <kwolkens@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Just throwing in my $0.02 here....
>
> As a former Trimmer (Vehicle Upholsterer), I cannot stress the importance
> of choosing the correct glue for a headliner. Going cheap on the glue will
> only cause the headliner to "Lift" (Sag) from the substrate when the cheap
> glue breaks down.
>
> I've seen beautiful jobs literally fall down within 6 months due to cheap
> glue. Stick with :d (pun) 3M or Weldwood products. They work well and
> last.
>
> Ken W.
> --
> 1973 GMC 23'
> All Birch and Maple Interior Cabinetry. TZE033V100221
> "The Honeycomb Hideout"
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> http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
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(pun) 3M or Weldwood products. They work well and last.