I have the dreaded headliner falling down disease. Sailrite has a video of someone replacing it with the wood in place. They sand and scrape it, and then use the spray adhesive and put on the material.
I spoke with Paul Dennis who says that he always takes the wood down and does the work in the shop.
I live 2 hours from the boat, so the latter is not really convenient.
Has anyone done the job as shown by sailtrite?
Their video can be seen here:
We took our luan plywood headliner pieces home to use as templates and made the replacement sections out of white pebble FRP board sold at Home Depot. The material comes in 4’ X 8’ pieces and is durable, easy to work with, easy to clean and brightens up the cabin. Came out great!
Craig
I did my main salon last spring and just installed newly covered panels for the aft and forward cabin. It is a big job and absolutely do not try and do it on boat. I thought about it and glad I didn’t. I consulted with 3m and used their Fast Tack Waterbased adhesive 1000NF. Used roller to apply and set up shop on a 4x8 sheet of plywood in my garage. Came out great but I did it alone and it took some ingenuity to handle the big sheets of plywood and fabric. Definitely not a job to do overhead. You will regret every minute of it if you try. One of the biggest challenges was getting the large sheets of headliners out and back in through companionway. Ended up gradually rolling it with sail ties to get them small enough diameter to get them out.
Good luck
Rich Fontaine
S/v Liberte
1986 Frreedom 36