15-08-2024, 03:19 PM
Hi Chris
Like you I baulked at the cost of pukka headlining material when I did the RK. From memory (it was 2016) I used cream brushed cotton from an eBay vendor. When it arrived it was nearly see through. I think they call it Voile. However it was cheap enough that I bought enough to use it double thickness.
Slight thread drift….but I inherited my first real car (a 100E Ford Prefect) from my Grandfather in 1969. He used various tar rich compounds in his pipe which was rarely out of his mouth. The headlining was dark brown. It took many coats of cream emulsion to cover it and even then the car still reeked of tobacco!
Cheers
Howard
Like you I baulked at the cost of pukka headlining material when I did the RK. From memory (it was 2016) I used cream brushed cotton from an eBay vendor. When it arrived it was nearly see through. I think they call it Voile. However it was cheap enough that I bought enough to use it double thickness.
Slight thread drift….but I inherited my first real car (a 100E Ford Prefect) from my Grandfather in 1969. He used various tar rich compounds in his pipe which was rarely out of his mouth. The headlining was dark brown. It took many coats of cream emulsion to cover it and even then the car still reeked of tobacco!
Cheers
Howard