Centaur Headlining

[Swanrad2]

Probably an old subject this but I have saggy forepeak headlining. What is the best way to sort this;

1. Peal and re-glue
2. Peal and replace
3. Peal and paint

If 2 what is the best replacement material/method. E.g. plastic facia planks? ply wood panels lined with material, or more of the same.

Appreciate this probably is nothing new, but it is to me.

Thanks

 

[FullCircle]

Nothing to be done but replace it I am afraid.
Hawke House Marine do kits for the Centaur, and very good they are too.
Be prepared to wince at the cost though.

Westerly Headlining Kits

 

[Ocean Hound]

Try Roger Nantais (ex Westerly fitter) 01202 843339/07970 440794. He will supply the cut templates or do the whole job. Having been thru the same situation with a Westerly Storm, my advice is to bite the bullet and let him do the whole job - it really is a nasty toxic job, particularly stripping out and preparing

 

[Talbot]

Undoubtedly the best re-lining is to do it in detachable panels, so that if you have a need to get under the lining for wiring or fastenings, you can do so without destroying your expensive new headlining.

 

[mikejames]

I think that as the boat is a centaur and therefore the odd few extra kilos around the place shows less the idea of making panels up is a good one.

It can be cheaper with Hawke House Marine if you cut the headlining to size yourself after buying it by the metre from them, if you choose the re-lining with the foam-backed stuff.

It cost me £100 instead of about £150 to do the 4m2 of a GK24 saloon including buying a respirator, the head lining and the glue . Scrapers came from prior projects .

Hawke House offer good advice - like using two different contact glues : spray for the foam part, liquid glue for the coachroof.
I have had success in spreading the coachroof part of the glue with a closed cell foam roller used for gloss paint . More economical and you drop less glue and get less glove fingers stuck together. I only have had trouble with subsequent droop at corners when I covered the foam less than 100% as I was running out of glue out on the river mooring.

Just dont forget the old headlining dust can be a bit toxic and reactions to the dust can vary from nothing to near-death if you search the web. I just got a headache.
Annoyingly the worst job is getting your sleeves full of a mixture of glue, old foam and fibre glass from cleaning off the deckhead before. Power tools may help here.

I have also cut the headlining fore and aft and screwed wood strips using short screws into the underside of the deck laminate (balsa cored/fibreglass structure) to the deckhead covering the cuts so if I feel like ripping out the headlining it does not all have to come out to get at a leaking fitting.