Interior and Upholstery Headliner adheasive

JD1964 · Jul 16, 2025

Before I spend bigger money on a new shell and all that, I want to try put new fabric on my existing shell. Any tips on the process are appreciated if you have the time to respond or share other relevant threads.

My first question is;

Is one 18oz can of 3m headliner adhesive enough to do the job?

Thanks John

Noobz347 · Jul 16, 2025

JD1964 said:
Before I spend bigger money on a new shell and all that, I want to try put new fabric on my existing shell. Any tips on the process are appreciated if you have the time to respond or share other relevant threads.

My first question is;

Is one 18oz can of 3m headliner adhesive enough to do the job?

Thanks John

Yes. And it needs to be [dry] before you apply the material. Purchase a foam roller (even a paint roller would do) and smooth it out slowly until you're happy with it.

It's [not] like applying a phone shield, where you try to chase the bubbles out with one shot.

If the adhesive is wet when you apply the material, it will soak/show through.

Another trick that I have seen and not tried:

When the adhesive is dry to the touch, mist distilled water over the contact side of the material before you lay it down. You will see the droplets come through the material but it's water so, it dries without a stain and is supposed to help with adhesion.

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Mustang5L5 · Jul 17, 2025

1 can is more than enough. I think i did 3-4 headliners on one can.

Can't remember if it was the super 77, or the super 90

JD1964 · Jul 17, 2025

I think I’ll remove my headliner before I order anything. That way I can check the condition of the shell after stripping the vinyl. Mine is a sunroof car.

General karthief · Jul 17, 2025

This was years ago when I first got the Junk Pyle but I got a ABS(?) shell I can't remember if it came covered or not but whatever I spent was a good buy, I also have a sun roof car and once the fiber gets wet it's done.
just something to think about.

JD1964 · Jul 17, 2025

General karthief said:
This was years ago when I first got the Junk Pyle but I got a ABS(?) shell I can't remember if it came covered or not but whatever I spent was a good buy, I also have a sun roof car and once the fiber gets wet it's done.
just something to think about.

Ive had mine in some big rain and don’t remember it ever leaking. Hi pressure car washes too

JD1964 · Jul 23, 2025

The headliner board came out fairly easy and it’s in good shape. Surely I can reuse it. I cleaned the crusty foam off with a manual wire brush. I’ve got the new material and adhesive on order.

I saw the sunroof drain tubes and they looked clear of any debris. I think I’ll blow some lower pressure air through them to ensure they are clear. Just for curiosity sake, where do the drain tubes discharge water?

Noobz347 · Jul 23, 2025

I don't know on the drain tubes.

Something else did pop into my head though:

Painters tape or box tape. There will be some squirrelly end or corner that won't know how to behave. You will just want it to 'shut up and be still' until it sets for a minute or so. The tape helps and is easily removed.

General karthief · Jul 24, 2025

There is a funny story in my thread about cleaning those drains.
Don't remember exactly where they exit but the fronts drain from under the back of the front fender, I don't remember exactly where the rears exit, let me find that post, it may help.

General karthief · Jul 24, 2025

Here:
Now I'm gonna clean the tree crap out of the trough and make sure the drains are clear, I do this a couple times a year anyway so nothing new right? Well this time the right front drain ain't. No amount of compressed air is getting through that btch so I pull the trim panel and blow from the bottom, but I'm getting ahead of myself, I tried to stick a wire down from the top first, no luck, goes about 6 inches then stops, I try a small cable that is very flexible and same thing, so I sprayed some blaster down the hole and take a 5 minute break, still no luck, I'm gonna try from the bottom. Well it blew the crap that was plugging up the drain hose AND the 4 or 5 tablespoons of blaster across the back of the car, success! Except my neighbor had snuck up behind the car directly in the path of the blaster lubricated gunk, BULLSEYE!
and he wasn't even mad.
Almost as good as the 'highspeed fan and the cat' from the monster chronicles.
Well sunroof is in and no leaks for a while, next on the list is block filler inside the garage, some led interior lights for the exxon valdez and shopping for a t shirt for my neighbor. Maybe I'll just give him one from my closet collection

AeroCoupe · Jul 24, 2025

Thread 'Sunroof drain hoses'

Nov 18, 2009

I have noticed a leak coming from my sunroof. I have read a lot of the posts about the seals and the drain hoses. I have already replaced the weather striping, mainly because it was looking old and was cheap to do. I blew out the hoses and could feel the air below the car for all of them except for the passenger side. My main question is: what is the easiest way to replace the hose. I would rather not have to take the head liner down the entire way. I know the hose in inside he pillar, just not sure of the best way to get it out and get the new one in. Any advice would be great.

JD1964 · Jul 27, 2025

Little story about when the factory headliner failed. It was in the middle of a road trip to Ford Nationals in Carlisle PA. It well completely in the back and was blocking my rear view and flapping all in the wind with windows down. I taped it back up around the rear edges with gorilla tape. Yeah, I’m sorry I did that.

The tape held years until I just now pulled it. I had to spend time getting the tape goo off of the trim and mineral spirits on a microfiber rate worked great on every piece except the dark area of the upper rear quarter trim panel. The mineral spirits took off some paint in this area.

I thought it was black so I masked and painted with VHT satin black interior paint. Well, it ain’t black. It’s some shade of super dark grey. I can only find Titanium grey online for my 92. That’s correct for the lighter areas.

So what is the correct color name for this area on a 92 LX hatch with Titanium grey interior? Closest thing I see that might be the same is listed for 90-92 Bronco. Here it is

Bronco Dark Chacoal

JD1964 · Jul 27, 2025

Here’s what satin black looks like on it.

JD1964 · Jul 27, 2025

I got the fabric on the board. It looks great

JD1964 · Jul 31, 2025

I got picky about masking because I don’t want the sticky glue going anywhere but the lip, both sides of the weatherstrip lip.

Noobz347 · Jul 31, 2025

OMG BBQWTF!!!! Too much preparation!

JD1964 · Aug 1, 2025

I have no idea why I didn't do this fix sooner. It turned out great! It wasn't even that hard to do provided you exercise a bit of care. To finish off I applied the adhesive to both sides of the lip and the headliner foam, made the cutout leaving about 4" extra around all sides, snipped a little slack for the corners, pulled the material up and wrapped around the lip and pressed it down, trimmed the excess with a razor, peeled all the masking off and snapped the weather strip seal back on. Without rambling further, I'll let pictures do some talking.

AeroCoupe · Aug 1, 2025

Looks great man!

Scrapla347 · Aug 2, 2025

Great job, that came out amazing!

Dontknowchit · Aug 5, 2025

Ok now come do mine, no sunroof, I just have low patience for fiddlity stuff like this.

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wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

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there is enough sticking out to grab on to

there is enough sticking out to grab on to

there is enough sticking out to grab on to

there is enough sticking out to grab on to

Stangnet Facilities Maint Tech... Er... Janitor

there is enough sticking out to grab on to

lube between the nut and the face. I know my lubes

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