Head lining

[Snuggtopz]

When I do head linings I normally replace the plywood as 99 times out of 100 the old stuff turns to a pile of dust when you take it down.

The next job is to find the leaks as there's no point in spending a few hundred quid only to have it go the same way as the last one.

Cut the ply to shape and remember to seal it with something and dont forget the edges are where moisture attacks first.

I cover most of the ones i do in Nautolex vinyl, this comes in two forms. One with a foam pre bonded to the vinyl and a plain vinyl.
If using the plain vinyl you can use a dacron filling behind the vinyl to make it a little padded and hide the imperfections. Dacron does have the habbit of wrapping itself around a drill bit though when you drill the fixing holes. You can overcome this by pushing a soldering iron through the vinyl and dacron before drilling.

Dont re-use old foam are you kidding me

half the stink in a boat comes from the mould spores living in your foam, and old foam really doesn't take glue very well as it crumbles under the slightest agitation, for the sake of a few quid extra on foam or foam backed vinyl you'll be silly to even think about it..


I hope this helps
Rich

 

[samwise]

The professional job that I had done for the forepeak of our Westerly Storm used an interesting technique. The vinyl on the centre section was taken down and the foam stripped and cleaned off. Then thin wood strips were glued along the edges of the deckhead sections and the vinyl stretched taut and stapled to the wood strips. new foam backed material was used for the side panels.The staple lines were covered by Hidem tape which gave a very neat finish.

 

[Snuggtopz]

if you are sticking directly to the GRP dont paint it unless you intend to use a self etch primer, the paint will peel and the glue is stuck to the paint ..

Also on a head liner stuck with contact adhesive to grp get a high temperature adhesive, especially if you have grey antislip on the deck as the heat build up will melt a standard glue like Evo.

Rich

 

[rivonia]

Hi ,
we or should I say I, have just finished gluing certaian parts of the vynil lining.

I used contact adhesive AND spray contact adhesive. As there were not huge areas to do it was not too difficult.

I scraped off the inner foam on the vynil with a flat sraper whilst it was still in situe. This was a very messy and time consuming job. Anyway it is all up and looking like new.

I am pleased with my work and hope that it will not have to be done again!!

Fair winds

Peter

 

[Chris_Robb]

As someone about to do some headlining this thread is a wealth of info, thanks all.

FWIW, I go with the ply backed option as well, easier to put up, take down and maintain.

I don't think it is mentioned here, but I used a vacuum cleaner to get the worst of the powdered foam off. Makes the job so much easier and less messy.

 

[nimbusgb]

I don't think it is mentioned here, but I used a vacuum cleaner to get the worst of the powdered foam off. Makes the job so much easier and less messy.

+1 as is at the very least a dust mask!