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Old 06-27-2011 | 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by DIRTDOGXJ
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Okay sorry, I didn't see that. Thanks!
Old 06-27-2011 | 05:50 PM
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No problem and good luck....
Old 06-30-2011 | 09:36 PM
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what exactly did you use to make the design under the material i'm looking to do my headliner but haven't found a light enough material
Old 06-30-2011 | 11:43 PM
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It's called minicel or microcel foam. Check out thefoamfactory.com
Old 07-01-2011 | 09:47 AM
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Nice work man! I did mine with a pirate flag but yours looks just as cool. I love the design keep it up!
Old 11-19-2011 | 05:55 PM
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Hey sorry to bring up an old thread but in the pictures it looks like the foam is "rounded". Is that an optical illusion? I'm gonna do something like this but when you cut the foam shapes out are they more square or do you round them yourself? Also are the pieces double stacked? Reason im asking is under the headliner (in your pics) they look bigger than 1/4 inch but idk lol. Sorry if im not making any sense..

Oh one more thing, did your headliner fabric come already bonded to a layer of foam? Im looking at suede and it says it's laminated To A 1/8" foam back. **** ONE more thing. How many sq. yrds does is take?

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Old 11-19-2011 | 06:25 PM
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That looks really awesome man nice work! Props for the creativity
Old 11-20-2011 | 02:42 PM
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The foam is all cut straight, not rounded in any way. It is actually one solid piece, one layer thick.

They headliner material has a thin backing of low density foam attached to it.

Three yards will cover it but that's cutting it close. I'd get 3.5 yards to be safe.
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K cool thanks man. Im still trying to come up with a design and cant even start this till spring haha. Guess I have some time to figure it out...
Old 12-24-2011 | 08:41 AM
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I finally had the time too do all my stuff. I ended up using the 3M Super Trim Adhesive # 08090 because my supplier couldn't get the other stuff and it was free. Hoping it will last.







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Really nice job!
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Really nice job!
Thanks
Old 01-04-2012 | 04:29 PM
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Looks great, my wife hates spiders, maybe if I did that she wouldn't take my Jeep anymore.
Old 05-23-2012 | 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by DIRTDOGXJ
The foam is all cut straight, not rounded in any way. It is actually one solid piece, one layer thick.

They headliner material has a thin backing of low density foam attached to it.

Three yards will cover it but that's cutting it close. I'd get 3.5 yards to be safe.

Did you glue the foam to headboard first? Like before gluing the fabric to it?
Old 05-24-2012 | 08:58 AM
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that looks awesome. I've never seen anything like that before.


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