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Reply #15 – October 28, 2006, 03:40:03 PM

So...you don't think that newer stuff is better than 20-year-old stuff then? LOL Whatever.

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Reply #16 – October 28, 2006, 04:11:39 PM

Eric, I think he was commenting on the typo.....

I think though the foam is more permanently attached to the backer board than the fabric after 20+ years....

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Reply #17 – October 28, 2006, 04:27:26 PM

On the old stuff, sure...but on the new stuff it's much better. I've yet to have any problems with newer headliner material.

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Reply #18 – October 28, 2006, 11:52:03 PM

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I've yet to have any problems with newer headliner material.

Thats cause its not 20 years old yet :p

I thought you were originally refering to the old stuff. I thought it was amusing...

I'd sure hope that by now they have better materials to hold that together but remember cars are only made to last so long.

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Reply #19 – October 29, 2006, 01:00:18 AM

If I remeber right the super 77 can not to use it in upside down applications. The stuff I'm talking about cost $20 a can and says it is made for headliners. That is the only difference I know of. But if the Super 77 works use it. But I was doing it I would pony up the dough and get the headliner stuff. Just to slim down any chance of the old DOH that seems to happen to me alot.

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Reply #20 – October 29, 2006, 08:34:10 AM

Well what happens is a combination of heat and time. Parking in the sunlight in the summer, all day...parking without cracking the windows for the heat to escape...hell, even parking in a hot garage...those will all separate the headliner material from the foam. Once it begins to sag there's nothing you can do. Even the sunvisors are affected by that. And to add insult to injury, if the previous owner did all that stuff and you get the car, there's nothing you can do to prevent it from happening. Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you don't, though...flip a coin.

Anyhow...the newer stuff is made via a better bonding process and should last at least as long as the original headliner material, if not much longer.

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If I remeber right the super 77 can not to use it in upside down applications. The stuff I'm talking about cost $20 a can and says it is made for headliners. That is the only difference I know of.

I'll have to check into that.

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Reply #21 – October 29, 2006, 09:24:51 AM

The "proper" stuff is 3M 76 IIRC

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Reply #22 – October 29, 2006, 07:38:43 PM

what is the best way to clean a headliner? i have one out of the other car and it has small stains. Spot Shot? i dont want to f it up in the process of cleaning it

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Reply #23 – October 29, 2006, 10:06:12 PM

For the material I just hand washed it in the bathroom sink with laundry soap. didnt bother it a bit.

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Reply #24 – October 30, 2006, 07:09:19 AM

Just try the spot shot I suppose. The problem is, you can compress the foam if you push too hard, then you're left with depressions in your headliner.

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Reply #25 – October 30, 2006, 10:47:04 AM

thats what im wooried about. going to try it today.