So on to the sagging headlining. With the ingress of water and degradation over time of the foam part of the headlining, the fabric is bound to part company with it. Initially I have tried a spray headlining adhesive but this has proved to be a total waste of time, with adhesive everywhere you don't want and none where you do want it, so at £140 for a new headlining at the local trimmers I decided to go the route of painting the base headlining. The cloth part pulled of easily and with a stiff plastic bristled brush the remaining foam was removed, revealing an almost intact inner lining still well attached to the headlining. This is in a dark blue/green, with a flock like texture and can only assume that this was part of the original headlining with the adhesive, that attached it to the heading shell. The headlining shell itself seems like a pressed foam arrangement.
Using a nice shade of light pewter water based emulsion I have painted the lining and as to be expected it soaked up the paint and took quite a time to dry, but looks good, better that the sagging lining thats for sure
