Some times you outrun the Bear ... and sometimes the bear outruns you.... this time the bear won ! On Sat. I tore out the headliner. It had developed some 'bubbles where the glue wasn't holding tight enough to the fiberglass AND the duct tape I used to hold it in place while it dried had some reaction with the vinyl and left a yellow stin on the vinyl that couldn't be removed. So off came the 'headliner' and I went to work with a squeeze bottle of Acetone 9relax John nothing got on the plexi!) and some paper towels removing the residue of the Pliobond. Meanwhile I needed to figure out what Plan B was going to be. I settled on a plan to paint the inside of the cabin cover with the same interior paint as the instrument panel. This will insure a perfect color match. I ordered some leather hides from Classic Aero Designs today. I'll used them to cover the door upholstery panels I made as well as the window trim rings. the bulk of the overhead console will be painted . On some of the larger flat areas I'll use some flexible upholstery panel/board and cut an attractive shape, wrap them with some leather backed foam and then glue/attach those to the Overhead. For the Aft/rear portion of the cabin cover. I'll essentially do the same. Cutting some upholstery board 2-3 " smaller than the ares between the ohead console and the longerons, covering it in foambacked leather and then attaching to the aft cabin cover. This should yeild and attractive interior with matching contracting colors the same materials as the seats and instrument panel, and no unfinished upholstered edges...... At least that's plan B/
The 'headliner' ended up in the trash can
Removing the pliobond
Sanding/cleaning up the cabin cover prior to paint.
