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Old 07-20-2013, 09:02 AM   #21
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The guy that I sold my 1996 21' Sovereign to said the headliner in it started sagging also. He said what he did was install strips of bamboo. He had them fan out at the front end cap and installed them crosswise from the front fan to the back end.

I read on a post here sometime back that the problem was due to a government mandate about reducing emissions and Airstream went to a water based adhesive that did not hold up over time. I believe the adhesive was failing, not the foam backing on the trim material. I was told that if you don't get all the old adhesive off, just putting 3M spray on it was only a temporary solution.
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Old 07-20-2013, 11:17 AM   #22
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In a friend's trailer that is no longer with us (it was totaled in a wreck), the owner before him used those clear plastic flower looking things riveted to the ceiling in a geometrically symmetric pattern, and it looked good.

Sorry, I don't have a better explanation for those "clear plastic flower looking things".
In the 60's and 70's manufactured hmes they were called "florettes" or something such as that.
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Has anyone had experience poking a small hole and spraying a 3m type adhesive through a straw and adhering it back to the metal?
I just did exactly that. Part of the mouse-fur (Ozite) headliner in our 2002 19' Bambi came loose in the past couple of weeks. Three 1/2" slits (with a razor blade) in the headliner and a brass-tube extension on a spray can of 3M 90 adhesive and everything is now back in place. The extension was about 12" long and putting it through the slits meant I could hit every loose spot with spray. Everything is now nicely back in place.

If it doesn't last? It was so easy that I would just repeat the process. For those unfamiliar with the product, the 3M 90 spray is very tough, durable, heat-resistant stuff.

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Old 07-20-2013, 01:16 PM   #24
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In the 60's and 70's manufactured hmes they were called "florettes" or something such as that.
"Rosettes" i think is what they were called...
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I was thinking some vintage hubcaps would look Kewl..... Nah nevermind.

Go to a sheet metal shop. They can hydraulicly punch a bunch out in a few minutes!
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