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Hi all,

Was just wondering if anyone out there has ever painted there headlining? I have some bad water stains on mine that I cannot remove so thought maybe I could spray paint it with some sort of fabric paint. Anyone got any experience or thoughts on this idea?
Cheers

James

Never tried a headlining, but if it,s vinyl it should be possible. I,m planning on doing mine the winter. I would be cautious though of using the cheap sprays. I've recently done the interior of my Triumph Stag - from blue to black - with a vinyl recolouring kit from a firm called BESPOKE LEATHERING. It looks as good as new.
Harvey

Evening,
I need to freshen up some of the vinyl above the windows as it's looking a bit old and has a few dark glue stains on it. I'll either replace it or like you re-paint it, needs to be a sort of cream/beige colour though. I've seen a few coloured sprays on line.
A few years back I re-sprayed the stretch material under the seats/around the battery boxes from brown to black using Autoglym black dye spray and it did an excellent job. Worked well on the rubber cab mat as well.
David

Cheers guys,

I found a few vinyl dyes I can use on line, will let you know how it goes when I get the van back from having its new panels and welding done.
Cheers for the info.
James

I painted the headlining on my Morris Minor many years ago with watered down paint. It worked fine and is still in situ. I think I used 50/50 white spirit and paint. If you want to try this I would do a small test area first.
Kenny.

We are ripping out our linings and starting again as last wowner painted them with something horrible ans sticky!

what about the flocking inside the pop top. I hate it and want to rub it down and glue carpet and insulation or similar in there: anyone done similar?

Yeah I did that, worked out really nice. Didn't bother with insulation, just stretch carpet

Brilliant thanks. Did you sand off the flocking?

I used acetone to get the old stuff off. Actually it was acetone substitute I think

Where did you get it: it's a lot of nail varnish remover...?

Just siphon a little each day, she'll never notice!

I got it from a boat chandlers - used to cleanup fibreglass repairs. This might not be much help mind

Available online - saves you finding a chandlery http://www.piratescave.co.uk/acetone-solvent-no4-1l.ir" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Use wire wool and wear gloves.. And replace gloves again and again when they melt. And goes without saying this is not a job for when you've just had your nails done

Thanks for the warning!