Best glue for lining Landys

I've been sticking foam floor tiles in the back of m landy in a futile attempt of tidying it up.

So far i've been using bog standard spray adhesive from Screwfix (the kind you stick carpet tiles down with) which seemed to work ok, but after a particularly hot day I got in the landy and all the tiles were drooping off the roof. I guess the glue got hot and started melting or the weight of the floor mats was too much.

Other people who have successfully lined their cars, what glues did you use to stick stuff to the roof?

Been looking into this a bit myself lately and high temperature impact adhesive seems to be the way forward.
I was considering using self adhesive foam insulation stuff from a company called kiravans which is meant for diy camper conversions but am now thinking camping mats and the high temp contact adhesive.
Remember when using contact adhesive to apply it to both surfaces and let the solvent evaporate before pressing the 2 components together.
Rich

You can buy cans of Spray contact adhesive Find a commercial Flooring contractor locally to see if they can supply you with any.
The old EVO-Stick type of contact adhesive is not only bad for your Brain it can melt certain foams and plastics

I have done quite a bit of this...............

Found out the hard way that a lot of spray contact adhesives turn to crap after a few months. Bit like thin chewing gum and a pain to remove so good gear can be applied instead.
The only thing I use directly on internal paintwork (remember your not sticking to steel or alli) is brush applied high temp contact adhesive. Yes you use more and yes its messy stuff but it sticks like the proverbial and doesnt let go. Once the first layer of foam is on its fine to use spray for finishing materials but it must be high temp. Even that is only good up to about 120c but its doubtful your going to get any sunshine getting things over that in Blighty.

I have had good results with this stuff but there are rip offs out there so look at price. if its cheap its not the original.



I have got away with spray when lining doors and bulkhead with eva foam but had problems on the ceiling.
Just as a heads up............
The ceiling is one of the few places that stays dry and as its a massive bonus to have areas inside that absorb sound as well as areas that block it its the perfect area to use an open cell foam to reduce echo.

My present roof lining. is a few lengths of flash band to reduce drumming with 10mm of EVA camping mat brush glued over the top followed by 6mm in the front and 18mm in the back of scrim foam spray glued on. Finished in a suede effect vinyl spray glued on top of that. Dunt sound like your after the Bentley look so 15mm EVA foam tiles would probably do the job but even better would be 18mm scrim foam with the scrim side in. It looks quite like a pro liner. Not sure how it would clean though.

This is the 6mm in the cab area. The gap was for wires to the light.



The scrim foam is pinned onto the EVA then once sized and trimmed is allowed to hang free in sections for spraying and fixing before moving onto the next section.

Once dried the same procedure for the final covering and the detailing nailed on over the top.

I used 4 way stretch carpet with spray adhesive on my roof lining cards, turned out great. its the same stuff they use on vw camper conversions etc. i got the carpet and 6 cans of adhesive off ebay as a package. loads of tutorials on you tube to see how to do it.

Bobsticle said:

I have done quite a bit of this...............

Found out the hard way that a lot of spray contact adhesives turn to crap after a few months. Bit like thin chewing gum and a pain to remove so good gear can be applied instead.
The only thing I use directly on internal paintwork (remember your not sticking to steel or alli) is brush applied high temp contact adhesive. Yes you use more and yes its messy stuff but it sticks like the proverbial and doesnt let go. Once the first layer of foam is on its fine to use spray for finishing materials but it must be high temp. Even that is only good up to about 120c but its doubtful your going to get any sunshine getting things over that in Blighty.

I have had good results with this stuff but there are rip offs out there so look at price. if its cheap its not the original.

I have got away with spray when lining doors and bulkhead with eva foam but had problems on the ceiling.
Just as a heads up............
The ceiling is one of the few places that stays dry and as its a massive bonus to have areas inside that absorb sound as well as areas that block it its the perfect area to use an open cell foam to reduce echo.

My present roof lining. is a few lengths of flash band to reduce drumming with 10mm of EVA camping mat brush glued over the top followed by 6mm in the front and 18mm in the back of scrim foam spray glued on. Finished in a suede effect vinyl spray glued on top of that. Dunt sound like your after the Bentley look so 15mm EVA foam tiles would probably do the job but even better would be 18mm scrim foam with the scrim side in. It looks quite like a pro liner. Not sure how it would clean though.

This is the 6mm in the cab area. The gap was for wires to the light.

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The scrim foam is pinned onto the EVA then once sized and trimmed is allowed to hang free in sections for spraying and fixing before moving onto the next section.

Once dried the same procedure for the final covering and the detailing nailed on over the top.
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I used the same spray can stuff when I relined the headlining on my 90 (front & back), that was a couple of years ago and all still fine.

In case anyone was wondering, I ended up using a spray glue called Nemesis that was on offer in Screwfix. A bit more expensive than the basics stuff but works well.

I tried the Screwfix basic stuff and a week after glueing the foam it fell off. The Nemesis glue has held up just fine so far, had a few hot days and it’s all still all attached.

And in case anyone is worried about how strong it is, when I was sticking foam to the roof I held it in place to dry with a bit of wood wedged to to roof. The glue seemed to hold that on just fine only using the overspill glue from inbetween the foam.

Bostic 2402 2 part contact adhesive
I use this every week when repairing Mod ribs ive stuck everything with this over the years
very strong gear & expensive but boy it does the job.....

I stuck a dildo to the arse of my mates diving suit & he couldn't get it off lol