Headlining Replacement

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#9999FF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="96224263.jpg"> <div>  <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script>  </div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#99CCFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Hints & Tips</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>   |   </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hints Tips"><U>home</U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hints Tips"><U><B><IMG SRC="0430e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>     </B><A HREF="id195.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Goiot Table"><U><B><IMG SRC="0440e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id197.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Arcadia Headlining Replacement"><U><B><IMG SRC="0450e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#99CCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="53240403.png"> <div> Headlining Replacement</div> <div> I thought of hiring the replacement of the 20 year old vinyl lining in my Arcadia. But with bids in the $8-10,000 US range, </div> <div> I began to look at and entertain options, like doing this myself. After talking to a couple that had done their boat, </div> <div> I started thinking about doing this myself. While the spouse was a bit shy of this project, I jumped in feet first. </div> <div> Trying to think ahead of time, what to replace with vinyl glued to the hull, and taking some areas and making the vinyl </div> <div> removable via plywood covered vinyl for later easy removal. I did this in areas where I would want to get thru hull or deck </div> <div> fittings for replacement or checking for water tightness at later dates. </div> <bR> <div> Photo 1(before)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="ca1d93a0.jpg" border=0 width="473" height="314" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  This is looking to the back of the state room with the original covering off. To the right and by the window, I have </div> <div> started installing the new foam backing.</div> <bR> <div> Photo 2 ( below cockpit floor)  before</div> <div> <IMG SRC="ca2da3a0.jpg" border=0 width="474" height="314" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Photo 3, (after installing vinyl covered plywood) </div> <div> <IMG SRC="ca3db3b0.jpg" border=0 width="475" height="315" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> I covered vinyl over plywood by gluing the front, and combo stapling and gluing the back of the plywood. </div> <div> I had to add a second layer of vinyl before stapling, as my staples would show thru a single layer. The round </div> <div> ots, are where the boards are screwed to the wall and cockpit flooring. There is a brown cap that goes over </div> <div> the screws for a nice finish, same as stock, but darker brown.</div> <bR> <div> Photo 4 ( new light and cabin liner above engine) </div> <div> <IMG SRC="ca475330.jpg" border=0 width="373" height="563" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The wall in the back ground is teak plywood originally installed with vinyl covering. I cleaned up the </div> <div> remaining glue, and varnished to match the teak around it. I also installed a vinyl edging to cover up </div> <div> the fiberglass that meets the teak. The area with the light, I made a plywood piece and covered it </div> <div> with vinyl, then installed a light to see in the engine compartment better. The base ceiling was curved, </div> <div> so I used some ¼” x 1” cedar lath to make it level so the plywood wood would have something to </div> <div> screw in to, along with not making holes you could see above it from the side.</div> <bR> <div> Photo 5( lath below deck and deck) </div> <div> <IMG SRC="ca5722e0.jpg" border=0 width="370" height="558" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> I glued some lath to this area, along with the hull in places to allow stapling of the vinyl to the hull. </div> <div> On the outside hull area, I installed two layers of ¼” foam, one layer in between the lath, the other </div> <div> over the lath. On the ceiling, I installed foam every where BUT under the area with the winch bolts. </div> <div> I left this area free of glued on foam, so if I needed to replace the winch or other hardware with thru </div> <div> deck bolts, I could access them easier. This rectangular vinyl is also only stapled on, not glued </div> <div> and stapled as is the rest of the vinyl.</div> <bR> <div> Photo 6 and 7. </div> <div> <IMG SRC="ca682000.jpg" border=0 width="386" height="256" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">       <IMG SRC="ca784010.jpg" border=0 width="388" height="257" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Although not the same trim piece of vinyl, these show the difference in finish look with and without the “hide'm” </div> <div> used for trimming. This also hides the staples holding the vinyl to the wood backing behind. In this case the wall </div> <div> between the aft cabin and main. </div> <bR> <div> Photo 8,   </div> <div> <IMG SRC="ca84ef70.jpg" border=0 width="334" height="503" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The front off the cabinet with new foam, waiting for newly varnished front and doors, this also shows the fiberglass </div> <div> and teak wall before finished, ie photo 9,10 and finished cabinet.</div> <bR> <div> Photo 9,                                                                                                            Photo 10, </div> <div> <IMG SRC="ca976340.jpg" border=0 width="374" height="564" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">          <IMG SRC="9df76340.jpg" border=0 width="374" height="564" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Photo 11 Finished looking rear (finished looking back) </div> <div> <IMG SRC="cac6d260.jpg" border=0 width="365" height="550" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Final after new varnish on all the teak, along with new vinyl, and freshly cleaned cushions. In photo 10, you will see in </div> <div> the very back, I installed a teak varnished plywood on the back wall. This was vinyl covered, but a wood end wall </div> <div> seemed to fit better than vinyl, along with newer models have wood here also. </div> <bR> <div> Photo 12 Photo staplers.  </div> <div> <IMG SRC="cabaa1b0.jpg" border=0 width="426" height="283" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">        </div> <div> The stapler on the right is a typical manual staple gun. Easy to use installing the vinyl itself, along with the vinyl </div> <div> over the plywood for the ceilings, but when it came to stapling inside the hide'm, good luck. I ended up purchasing </div> <div> a upholstery stapler on the left. This is air powered, so a small air compressor will be needed. The nice thing </div> <div> about this is if you look closely to the front of the unit, you will see that there is a nose at the bottom, vs the </div> <div> manual stapler being flat along the bottom. This allowed me to put the staple into the folding middle of the hide'm, </div> <div> such that most of my staples went where they were supposed to go, vs 3 of 4 with the manual, had to be removed </div> <div> before getting one correctly hidden in the hide'm.</div> <bR> <div> While doing the remodel of the aft and front V berth, I removed all of the wood that I could, took them home and </div> <div> varnished them in my garage. Meanwhile, I was installing the lath, foam and vinyl in the boat. Final prep was </div> <div> reinstalling the wood for the cabinets, the shelf along the hull, and rear panel in the stateroom. </div> <bR> <div> The wiring I held up with some plastic holders screwed into the wall or ceiling appropriately, instead of the tape </div> <div> used at the factory 20 yrs before. </div> <bR> <div> For the glue, ie contact cement, I used 3M #77 multipurpose adhesive. There is also a 90 and 82 for vinyl. </div> <div> The 90 is very smelly, and the 82 did not work well. I found a ¼” staple that worked best, but something a </div> <div> bit smaller would have been nice for the plywood panels. The rest of the vinyl I used ½” staples where </div> <div> stapling into the lath or existing plywood walls. </div> <bR> <div> Marty Bower</div> <div> Arcadia "Amoretto" Edmonds ,WA   USA</div> <bR> <div> Also see <A HREF="id197.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Arcadia Headlining Replacement"><U>Arcadia Heads Headlining Replacement</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>