smitch6 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 well i fitted the headlining last week best advice i could of given was ' get someone else to do it' it cost me around £50 for everything which is really cheap (birchwood 33) so quite a large boat i had enough to do the whole boat forward cabin, wheelhouse and after cabin 1/4" thick foam and cream leatherette pvc looked lovely when i bought it spent a day getting glue everywhere when i say everywhere i mean everywhere its a spray glue you use and you spray it on the ceiling and it lands on the floor, windows, cooker, units everywhere as well as where u wanted it lol i was covered in my hair on my hands (i roll my own ciggies and trying to roll i had more tobacco stuck to my fingers than actually in the cig) you can imagine it well the ceiling was ply lined first with electrics for the lights i was hoping that the foam covered it all up and when i finished i stood back took a look and went mmmmm i'm not a perfectionist by any means but this looked ok lol i picked the wifey up from work and said' are you in a good mood' as there's glue everywhere and you've a lot of cleaning to do lol bless her she's a good girl although i had to clean it anyway because she refused so we looked at this ceiling and she said it looks ok hun but my opinion it looked horrid so the next day i set to it again rather than rip it off and wreck even more of what was there i put then new layer on top of the old i did a test piece to make sure the foam would stick to the nice side of the pvc etc so what i have now is ply lined 1st layer of foam layer of pvc layer of foam and another layer of pvc lol sounds a right pickle but it looks absolutely brilliant she came home the next day and agreed brill even i'm happy with it so my new advice is put 2 layers of foam if you have any imperfections as 1 won't cover it and the second time i had previous knowledge on how to do it i wore a hat and disposable rubber gloves ciggies had tobacco in them that day woo hoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 i was covered in my hair on my hands (i roll my own ciggies and trying to roll i had more tobacco stuck to my fingers than actually in the cig) Hi Steve you should have took some photos of the work Jonny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_9 Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Should insulate it well now too Steve, if it gets really cold this winter you can always pop another layer on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jax 3 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 It'll be very comfortable if you capsize Steve. Glad it came together in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_9 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 It'll be very comfortable if you capsize Steve. Self righting even, the first AWB broads cruiser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Trouble is with all those headlinings they are reduced to moving round the boat on their knees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Trouble is with all those headlinings they are reduced to moving round the boat on their knees Just what I was going to say Steve !!! AT least it won't hurt if you walk into a covered beam lol !!! Lets see some pictures though !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitch6 Posted November 7, 2009 Author Share Posted November 7, 2009 as requested the finished (or nearly anyway) headlining just got to do the far wall and that will pull the last few wrinkles out (from the headlining not mine lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Hi Steve i think it looks rather good Jonny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitch6 Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 thanks Johnny i am rather happy with the nearly finished result just got the wheelhouse and after cabin to do now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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