Roof liner fixed

[dommy8899]

I wrote a few posts ago about the ceiling falling in the Golden Barge C241MVV and found that I was not the only one. I first thought of pulling the cloth off and trying to glue it back, cover it with wallpaper size and paint it non of which appealed. So I gave my wife the problem and she came up with a good idea, to use cloth covered buttons to hold up the sagging ceiling.
I whipped out the lining and we got started, first buy the buttons we decided on plastic rather than metal ones, they come in lots of sizes we chose seven-eights of an inch. You could go to the scrappy and find a square foot of the same colour or do as we did and have a contrast. It took us about an hour to cover the buttons make a grid on the back of the lining, poke the holes with a brad awl from the rear while holding a sponge on the good side. The hardest part was threading the holding string through the little holes in the buttons, we pulled the string through the lining using a crochet hook.
The pictures show the grid, string links, you could tie each one if needed, ready to go in, and the finished job. Total cost £2.40 for the buttons, result on reflection could be neater especially round the corners, anyone spot my error on the finished job?

Woody

[D87 SMW]

Originally posted by dommy8899
anyone spot my error on the finished job?

I missing something here? :confused:

[tony]

wot no link or picture do u meen?:confused:

[e692wtt]

Please show us the picture, give us a clue...:)

[malcsmaesty]

film or t.v.? one word or two.......:)

[dommy8899]

sorry about that now you can see the results of my/our labours
voody

[tony]

as you probley know theres no pic, can you draw a pic like tony hart?
:)

[Maria]

If you're struggling to get the pics posted, send me an email or private message and I'll give you a hand.

[Maria]

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[Maria]

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[tony]

wow nice work there

[Austin-Rover]

That looks extremely well done! Fantastic that you took the time and effort to do such a good job!

:cool:

[Beaker]

What a good idea, for fixing a headlining on the cheap.

I for one won't be able to afford a new headlining when ours goes.

Now i have a way of fixing it, which still looks good.


Hope you come up with some more ideas Woody


Lindsey

[mtamin]

Very Nice.
For those who prefer the original look I decided to rip the headlining out of my Maestro recently and it was so far gone I decided to re-cover it. I bought 2 metres of Empire soft grey headlining material from Woolies costing only £6.50 a metre and a very good match.Also bought some special spray on glue - much stronger than the normal carpet spray - about £10. Then it was a case of removing the existing material, scraping the old foam off the base board and then sticking the new material (which is foam backed) to the board. I was very pleased with the result and it only took me 2 hours in total! After putting up with a saggy headlining for so long I was surprised at how relatively simple the job was and how good the result. Sorry no picture but I'll try and post one in a day or two to inspire those of you that might fancy doing the same. The only tip I have for anyone who tries this is to stick the material into the contoured area around the Sun visors and sun-roof handle before sticking the rest as this area needs to be nice and tight and its easier to concentrate on this part first and then when that is dry stick the rest.