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Martin Riddle - 12 Dec 2006 23:44 GMT

My headliner material is seperating from the foam backing on my 95 Tahoe.
What would you recomend for a repair glue. I tried rubber cement but it fell
apart after 6 months.

TIA

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Wayne Jones - 13 Dec 2006 13:42 GMT

> My headliner material is seperating from the foam backing on my 95 Tahoe.
> What would you recomend for a repair glue. I tried rubber cement but it
> fell apart after 6 months.
>
> TIA

I've had the best luck taking it out and take it to an interior shop. If you
have one near you ask the price if you remove it and they recover it. If not
you have to take all off sand the glue off find a kit to do it youself.
Contac Cement is what holds it. It's sprayed on both parts drys and try to
put it on without wrinkles. Or if you don't care you can use old stick on
with pins buttons, you know Vote for Nixon. I have even seen staples.
Good Luck
Wayne
What ever glue used if not takin apart to get the old foam off it will bite
you again.

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ajeeperman@comcast.net - 14 Dec 2006 06:40 GMT

or as i did, you can buy little twist pins that look like stars at a pep
boys or auto zone. i just placed them where it was coming down,
old john

Hello, Wayne!
You wrote on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:42:46 -0500:

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??>> My headliner material is seperating from the foam backing on my 95
??>> Tahoe. What would you recomend for a repair glue. I tried rubber
??>> cement but it fell apart after 6 months.
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??>> TIA
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Spectre - 21 Dec 2006 07:40 GMT

If you go to your local top shop or interior shop, they have cans of contact
cement and the headliner material in almost any color. I was able to recover
my headliner for about $45.00.

The big thing is removing it from the cab and making sure the backing is
clean after you remove the old foam and fabric. I had the whole job done
and reinstalled in under 2 hrs.

> My headliner material is seperating from the foam backing on my 95 Tahoe.
> What would you recomend for a repair glue. I tried rubber cement but it
> fell apart after 6 months.
>
> TIA

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Martin Riddle - 22 Dec 2006 02:14 GMT

> If you go to your local top shop or interior shop, they have cans of
> contact cement and the headliner material in almost any color. I was able
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>>
>> TIA

I only have a small spot that is seperating. I used the Duro spray cement
and that seems to work ok. If the rest starts to fall off then Ill rip the
whole thing out.

Cheers

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