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owen

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I wonder if anyone has used Hawke House double sided adhesive panels for fixing headlining. Any advice from personal experience gratefully received.
 
Habebty said:
Not sure I would trust adhesive panels/pads…. I used Trimfix spray adhesive, seems very good but follow the simple instructions on the can.
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I would agree, that is what is used when by a lot of the industry when redoing headlining's, the other option is to use something like Apollo a26 adhesive. This is what people like Lang and Potter use. You should buy a foam with 4mm scrim. The scrim stops the glue penetrating into the foam and leaving finger marks when putting the headlining up. The people sell this are Kayospruce and MBS fabrics.
 
I have used the double sided foam
Very easy to use - just peel off the cover and heat gently with a hot air gun to activate the adhesive
When affixing the foam you can remove the cover in sections so you dont have large areas of glue to contend with
2 years later nothing has fallen off and still able to manipulate the vinyl to remove creases etc
 
Yup used it on my old boat worked fine. Score the backing and remove in strips or squares of about a foot and it’s way easier to work with. I ended up cutting it into squares as it was more manageable. Way more insulating than open cell foam and spray glue and doesn’t turn to dust with age/moisture/heat/uv.
 
owen said:
I wonder if anyone has used Hawke House double sided adhesive panels for fixing headlining. Any advice from personal experience gratefully received.
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On my last boat I used their double sided roll. HORRID stuff that stuck to itself in a nanosecond then would rip. Use the Trimfix spray mentioned above.
 
Have used it throughout my Westerly Griffon.
Some of it has been in place for 6 or 7 years with no issues.
Much easer to apply.
If you are in the vicinity if Poole you are welcome to come and have a look...
The foam itself is a completely different material that the stuff used for foam backed vinyl and it does not degrade.
I have no idea why anyone uses foam backed vinyl these days. It has a limited life, makes a horrible mess when it inevitably degrades, and it is really difficult to remove the residue when you have to renew it.
 
Trimfix spray and Van Lining .....

I was amazed at how easy this was to apply and the result ? Soft to touch ... easy to clean ...

The completion of main cabin on my 25ft'r is delayed while we fix my stbd bilge keel. But next year once spring comes and warmer weather - that will be completed.
Another 5.5m weekender boat I have will have it applied as well ... it has a two berth cabin ...
 
I've used the HH foam sheet successfully, but you do need to use spray adhesive on the surface you're sticking it to. It's quite a bit thicker than the original foam backing and can be difficult to apply to a complex curved surface.
 
Hoolie said:
I've used the HH foam sheet successfully, but you do need to use spray adhesive on the surface you're sticking it to. It's quite a bit thicker than the original foam backing and can be difficult to apply to a complex curved surface.
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I have used it very successfully without any additional adhesive.
If your substrate is clean you should not need it. Perhaps worth a test patch.
 
The residue of decayed foam backing is nearly impossible to get clean enough for the new sheet to stick firmly. I've tried and the result is invariably unsatisfactory ... ...
 
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