Truck Headliner paint

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Truck Headliner paint

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The headliner in the Honcho has been shedding flakes of paint for years, its like an unending supply. I need to repaint it black to match Twister and am leaning towards just a exterior latex paint as I don't see spray painting the cardboard coming out very well.

Has anyone repainted their board headliner? What paint did you use?


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I don't think you can get the old paint off without destroying the embossed grain, and you already know you can't paint over flaky paint. BUT, you could sand most of the old paint off, then glue black vinyl to it.
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Re: Truck Headliner paint

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I'm pretty sure I could get the rest of the paint of by rubbing my hand across it. A stiff bristle brush should be able to get into the texture without ruining it I would think.

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Wire brush worled on mine to get off the foam.. So i dont see why it wouldnt woro for you just be gentle... Glue some black vinyl on it.. Get some weldwood gel and blob it on good so it soaks in the headliner and put some vinyl on it.

I did that to my 90.. Put a burgendy vinyl on both headliner boards using weldwood.. and its been holding good for a year.. Look really good too. If you have a joans fabrics there you can find coupons all the time and get it cheap
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I did mine a little while ago. I wiped off the flakes with a clean towel and then primed it with Lacquer Primer--it dries fast. Then used Vinyl paint for top coat. I sprayed the middle white and the sides black. It came out nice. I also took the opportunity to re-condition it. I laid it flat on the table and painted [roller] the back side with thinned out fiberglass resin. Try not to coat the seams because they have to bend. Also, I duct taped the seams and resin-d the tape but leaving the center of the tape that is over the seam clean. Doing this restored the stiff-ness to the board and water-proofed it.

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I did mine by painting the up side (against the tin) with water-based polyurethane; I bent the 'liner so the original upward, curved shape would be restored, and the 'urethane dried and held the shape and remains today probably 10 years after. I painted the exposed surface with water-based Zinsser 123 primer then with gloss latex (white), and it is still white. I didn't have any peeling paint nor texture to worry about, but my process would probably work on those conditions as well.
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Re: Truck Headliner paint

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Thank you Rod2, that’s exactly what I’m going to do, glad to hear it’s worked well for you.
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Mine were bare. Took the front half out and painted it black and repainted the overhead console too. Ill try and get pics later :)
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