We do sell a few selections of vinyl with a foam backing already flame-adhered by the mill, so you do not need to glue a foam backing to those vinyls, making the job easier and less of a problem for hollow spots. Here is a link to our headliners: www.sailrite.com/Fabrics/Marine-Fabric/Headliner-Fabric However, anytime a two or three part step is taken - Such as gluing foam to vinyl then gluing assembly to hull/headliner then more chances of inconsistencies may occur. This is especially true for vinyls that have been sewn together as well. So, three things have to be done perfectly: 1. Sew the assembly as carefully as possible to avoid stretching or shrinking on fabric as it is being sewn. 2. Glue foam onto vinyl carefully. 3. Glue assembly to solid surface. Any inconsistency will show up in any of the above steps and that is what you may be seeing in the video. If another person were used when gluing in both applications (gluing foam to vinyl and gluing assembly to hull) I believe we could have avoided some of the pitting or hollow spots even better. All in all Brian was happy with the overall look and it does not show up with normal lighting much at all.
It still looks great. If I weren't looking right at it close up I wouldn't have even spotted it. I was just curious because I know dips and rises in the hull had caused some problems in other videos. I know all too well the problems trying to cover rough fiberglass, and I usually don't have any help around when I work on projects (eveyrone knows how THAT goes, haha!). Let's just say I've become very adept at making jigs to become that helper when I have to keep repeating work.
Those are finger prints from pressing down with his finger tips. He crushed the foam backing causing the glue to absorb into the foam. Happens when doing headliners in cars too if you're not carful and use too much glue.
Great ventilation using spayglue indoors with no mask. How's that headache?
maybe if he used a roller on the panel against the wall lining would help out better.
The blue vinyl looks like it has some hollow spots on the right side towards the top. Is that an imperfection in the hull or what happened there?
We do sell a few selections of vinyl with a foam backing already flame-adhered by the mill, so you do not need to glue a foam backing to those vinyls, making the job easier and less of a problem for hollow spots. Here is a link to our headliners: www.sailrite.com/Fabrics/Marine-Fabric/Headliner-Fabric
However, anytime a two or three part step is taken - Such as gluing foam to vinyl then gluing assembly to hull/headliner then more chances of inconsistencies may occur. This is especially true for vinyls that have been sewn together as well. So, three things have to be done perfectly:
1. Sew the assembly as carefully as possible to avoid stretching or shrinking on fabric as it is being sewn.
2. Glue foam onto vinyl carefully.
3. Glue assembly to solid surface.
Any inconsistency will show up in any of the above steps and that is what you may be seeing in the video. If another person were used when gluing in both applications (gluing foam to vinyl and gluing assembly to hull) I believe we could have avoided some of the pitting or hollow spots even better. All in all Brian was happy with the overall look and it does not show up with normal lighting much at all.
It still looks great. If I weren't looking right at it close up I wouldn't have even spotted it. I was just curious because I know dips and rises in the hull had caused some problems in other videos. I know all too well the problems trying to cover rough fiberglass, and I usually don't have any help around when I work on projects (eveyrone knows how THAT goes, haha!). Let's just say I've become very adept at making jigs to become that helper when I have to keep repeating work.
Those are finger prints from pressing down with his finger tips. He crushed the foam backing causing the glue to absorb into the foam. Happens when doing headliners in cars too if you're not carful and use too much glue.
How many cans did he use?
One can will cover about 30 square feet of headliner/hall liner application.
does not look professional at all