First of all, this is not an April Fools Joke!
A few years ago, I was having trouble keeping the headliner attached
to the removable top of the Porsche 914. It kept sagging right on top
of my head and it got quite irritating. I tried contact cement, but I
have been VERY unhappy with its results in the past and I didn't
expect much. I didn't get much.
The big problem with contact cement seems to do with temperature. It
works well in a constant 80 degree F environment. The 914 top,
however, sees temperatures that cycle from 10 degrees F (yes, it gets
pretty cold in the desert) and well over 150 degrees (the top is
black.) What I needed was some type of adhesive that hardened and
then didn't pull away when it got hot.
I found amazing success with... SHOE GOO! I was looking at the
adhesives in some grocery store and there it was. Shoe Goo. Hmmm...
it is a liquid which cures up into something like shoe rubber... Well,
why not? It's worth a shot.
I squirted it liberally on the top and put the headliner felt on top
of it, sort of squirmed it around to promote bonding and that's it.
Two and a half years later, the headliner is still there.
Your mileage may vary.
-Tim
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