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I'm about to glue up new foam backed vinyl head linnings in the forward cabin but I'm unsure how to do the long mitre joint. In the photo you will see the original seems to be edge to edge. Any suggestions on a better way of making/ hiding the joint.DSCN0138.jpg
 
Have you thought of a (right-angled?) wood trim to cover the joint? I suspect that however neat your finishing on the vinyl, the joint will always be visible - so it will be a case of live with it, or cover it.
 
Cut a strip of the same material to cover the joint, fold both long edges back on itself and glue,you will now have a finished strip as wide as you need to hide the gap,masking tape down each side, before sticking it over the joint, when dry remove tape to leave a crisp finish, quite acceptable, done this several times, always looked good.
Hope this helps...
 
colvic987 said:
might be a little late, as you have already cut the vinyl, but you could have machine stitched the edge together.....then glue it down....
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Cut one piece large enough to fold round the corner, but strip off the foam backing of this extra bit before sticking it down.

cut the second bit to fit tightly into the corner overlapping this strip.

Which bit laps round the corner and which bit overlaps it will depend on the angle you will view it..... Normally the side lining will lap around the corner and the bulkhead bit will overlap and fit tightly into the corner.

Think wallpapering techniques.... how you do the corners when wallpapering.


Sometimes in difficult situations its also possible to make a glued "hem" to hide a cut edge. Strip the backing off the egde 1/2" or so and fold the vinyl round under it.


Sealant in the corners is likely to look like the bodge of the century . I've tried piping but if it is not dead straight it looks as bad.
 
Haven't cut the vinyl yet, the picture shows the old stuff.

Because of the area involved I'm not sure about prestitching the joint, think I would probably get into a right mess gluing up all three sides at once.
I would use the sealant, as PVB suggests but I'm not sure just how professional I could get it to look. How are new boats done? Does anyone market a some kind of cover strip?
The joint isn't at right angles and curves round underneath so wooden strip wouldn't work.
 
When I did a replacement Westerly Centaur headlining, one of the original pieces of vynle was wrapped around the corner about an inch and the joining piece was then overlapped and cut into the corner to form the mitre, this is what I did with the new headlining pieces at the corners and it looked great. The only thing is if it is foam backed vynle you will need to remove the foam backing where the joint in the corner is, to allow the joint to sit flat. By overlapping one over the other it is the same as doing corners when wall papering.

Other than that you could use a separate fillet covered in vynle and fixed over the joint as already suggested.
 
VicS said:
Cut one piece large enough to fold round the corner, but strip off the foam backing of this extra bit before sticking it down.

cut the second bit to fit tightly into the corner overlapping this strip.

Which bit laps round the corner and which bit overlaps it will depend on the angle you will view it..... Normally the side lining will lap around the corner and the bulkhead bit will overlap and fit tightly into the corner.

Think wallpapering techniques.... how you do the corners when wallpapering.


Sometimes in difficult situations its also possible to make a glued "hem" to hide a cut edge. Strip the backing off the egde 1/2" or so and fold the vinyl round under it.


Sealant in the corners is likely to look like the bodge of the century . I've tried piping but if it is not dead straight it looks as bad.
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Damn me you just beat me to it , must learn to type quicker!!
 
Thanks for the replies, If I've pick this up correctly I shoudl take the vinyl around the corner having firstly stripped of foam. Will apply the front piece folding it back on it's self to hide the raw edge, having first removed the foam. Is that correct?
 
smithy said:
Thanks for the replies, If I've pick this up correctly I shoudl take the vinyl around the corner having firstly stripped of foam. Will apply the front piece folding it back on it's self to hide the raw edge, having first removed the foam. Is that correct?
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When I did my corners I didn't find it necessary to fold the edge back on itself just used a sharp knife and cut the mitre joint on a piece of wood to get a nice clean cut joint. I would have thought if you fold it back on itself it will be really thick, and you might have a problem trying to get it to lie flat. But you must remove the foam to get rid of the thicknes, so its only a vynle to vynle joint. Impact adhesive and masking tape make for a clean corner once cut.

I would personaly fit the front one first then fit the side ones, that way you won't see the material edge on the joint when looking forward.
 
xeitosaphil said:
When I did my corners I didn't find it necessary to fold the edge back on itself just used a sharp knife and cut the mitre joint on a piece of wood to get a nice clean cut joint. I would have thought if you fold it back on itself it will be really thick, and you might have a problem trying to get it to lie flat. But you must remove the foam to get rid of the thicknes, so its only a vynle to vynle joint. Impact adhesive and masking tape make for a clean corner once cut.

I would personaly fit the front one first then fit the side ones, that way you won't see the material edge on the joint when looking forward.
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Will try this method, I had thought that the raw edge of the vinyl might look rough but am now reassured. I now have the the pleasant job of stripping off the old vinyl and glue to look forward too!
 
smithy said:
Will try this method, I had thought that the raw edge of the vinyl might look rough but am now reassured. I now have the the pleasant job of stripping off the old vinyl and glue to look forward too!
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Just a thought, if you don't have foam backed vynle to remove just vynle, pull off gently and you might find that a lot of the adhesive comes off with the vynle being stuck to the back of it. You may be lucky, f not apply a little heat to the adhesive behind the vynle and you may find it softens the impact adhesive making it easier to remove.

Best of luck with it Philip
 
xeitosaphil said:
Just a thought, if you don't have foam backed vynle to remove just vynle, pull off gently and you might find that a lot of the adhesive comes off with the vynle being stuck to the back of it. You may be lucky, f not apply a little heat to the adhesive behind the vynle and you may find it softens the impact adhesive making it easier to remove.

Best of luck with it Philip
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No such luck, vinyl with powder behind it, think it was foam in the dim and distant past.
Can't believe how quickly the replies came in, this forum really is a great resource. Thanks to all
 
There is a strip type material called 'Hidem'. It is intended that you staple through it and it covers the join. The staples are hinder in cunning folds in the material.
But I guess you are not intending to ram staples through the interior of your boat... ??
 
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