Headliner hack job

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My grandfather screwed in a roof rack on his '84 FJ60 and the sealant failed long ago. When i pulled the headliner down i found mouse $hit, maggots and even a long dead mummified mouse. A regular ecosystem going on.
 
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Buy a new headliner from SOR or CCOT. Take the cap off and peel the old crap out and put the new one in. I bet half the folks on the forum gave done it.

My headliner was so bad you couldn't drive it. It was like a curtain covering the windshield.
 
I may end up going with a proper replacement in the end. First I am going to try putting up some carpet a see if it passes for decent.
The glue used to hold the batting material on ceiling wasn't coming down easily. I tried goof-off and even charcoal lighter fluid to no avail. Took a orbital sander and that did the trick. There was some minor rust that needed to be taken care of anyway. Really surprised that it wasn't rusted worse considering the constant exposure to wetted batting after any rainstorm. It looks like the roof interior was treated with cold galvanizing compound at the factory which probably helped immensely.
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I did some more sanding and hit some rust spots. Also sanded the back of the bench seat.
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Looks great.
That had to be one unpleasant job, all overhead work sanding off crud to fall on you in an enclosed space.
 
Thx!
I had a face shield which helped immensely. Shud of worn a facemask. Worst part of any job down here is the mosquitos--i like to call them Zika birds.
 
I ospho'd any bare metal that came through from sanding. I was really surprised by how well it converted the rust and like how the seat back turned out. I will go back over it with a second coat and may leave it exposed instead of covering it with a Mexican blanket.

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Yeah, you need the mods to move this over to the 60 section.
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Yeah that's a little trickier than a 40 you may want to buy it and pay someone to install that one.
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Don't pay anyone to install it. Get the SOR headliner (less then $250) and put it in yourself. It's time consuming, but that's what we did, and we are just a couple of amateurs. It is nice quality and looks really good if you have the patience to do it right and get it tight. Windows/windshield should all be out to get it perfect. Here is the SOR gray felt headliner installed in my 60:
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I have to say it certainly looks good. I'll mull it over.
Don't know how i managed to put my first set of posts in the wrong section. Pretty much par for the course for me. Ill pm the moderator soon.
 
I put one from specter in my LV and yes it can be done but I know there are some outfits out there that can do it pretty reasonably . Putting mine in was at least a 2 day event and it looks ok but I would not do it again.
 
I work in a lab and so am always curious as to what chemical I am really buying/using/eating. Ospho appears to me to be simply phosphoric acid at 45%. We have 85% phosphoric acid in the lab I work in and it is a clear liquid while Ospho is green. Others have speculated that Ospho just has a green dye added and perhaps some detergent or surfactant added. But in the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) there is no mention of any other chemicals. Turns out the green color is most likely related to the industrial process used to make the phosphoric acid. Dilution of lab grade phosphoric acid to 45% would probably be equally as effective. I'm not sure what the effects would be of using full-strength 85% but I suspect it would be fine, just more expensive to produce for the company. Either way, I highly recommend the Ospho product.
Here is a link to the industrial processes used to make phosphoric acid: Phosphoric acid - New World Encyclopedia
Ospho MSDS link: http://www.ospho.com/images/Ospho SDS_new.pdf
Probably way too much info but it took me some time to figure out so I'm sharing what I found.
 
That you can see any results from using cola suggests that 45% phosphoric acid is in vast excess of what is needed and using 85% phosphoric acid is just overkill.
 
I have a bottle of Rust-oleum rust remover gel that I keep around to catch rust spots. It works pretty damn well.
 
I also have some naval jelly; same chemical just a different way to apply it. Gel is good for vertical surfaces or applying to ceiling.
I may have gotten a very small amount of the Oshpo in my eyes when brushing onto the ceiling (or maybe it was just some salty sweat). I definitely should have been wearing safety glasses and probably should use a gel form on the ceiling.
 
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