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Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:43 am

Hi yall,
Have a 71 bug and the headliner is in good condition still. It is white with some water stains and a little discolored (probably dirt).
I know this question must of been asked before but i cant find it.
Is it true you can spray paint your headliner? do you clean it first? id be afraid to mess with it physically. Maybe you use a special "DYE" ?..or some other special technique..etc..
Tell me what you know !!!!
Thanks
Eric

Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:04 pm

I've never sprayed a headliner before, but there is spraypaint formulated for use on vinyls and plastic.

Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:16 pm

I painted a small portion in the rear of my 68 and the head liner really soaked up a lot of paint ,,,hardly worth it

Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:24 pm

I went to Ace Hardware and had them mix a quart of off white flat latex paint and brushed it on my cars headliner taking time to rebrush it over and over as i went along until it was blended in. i used a small brush to cut in the edges and a 3 inch brush for the rest. as far as im concerned it turned out purfect

Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:37 pm

The PO of my car painted mine somehow. You can tell on the edges that it used to be white, now it's a dark blue. Looks pretty good too.

Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:48 pm

'73spr-DUNG-btl wrote: The PO of my car painted mine somehow. You can tell on the edges that it used to be white, now it's a dark blue. Looks pretty good too.

It is dark as hell in there though....Looks like they used a brush on it, not sprayed....

Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:04 pm

There's not a single brush stroke on it though Dave. Trust me, I've looked. I'll try and get some pics up soon.

Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:33 pm

Mauserdude67 wrote: I've never sprayed a headliner before, but there is spraypaint formulated for use on vinyls and plastic.

That's what i used, white, came out freaking awesome.

Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:48 am

I think im going to clean with a general cleaner and then try a vinyl spray paint and see what becomes..will post down the road..thanks Eric

Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:22 am

davonzip wrote: I think im going to clean with a general cleaner and then try a vinyl spray paint and see what becomes..will post down the road..thanks Eric

The SEM brand dyes work very well. They make a cleaner/ prep product as well...though I've never used it, it sounds like a good idea.

http://www.levineautoparts.com/semvinandpla.html

Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:09 pm

umm... one of those little plastic bottles of shoe white stuff with the sponge on the top? hehehe

Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:09 pm

They make vynal spray. As in vynal in a can