Headliner woes/replacement?

[peaman]

I wonder if anyone has found a good match to the factory vinyl headliner? I'm considering fabricating some vinyl "access ports" for access to certain items through-bolted to the deck, using a small round of matching vinyl for a neat cover-up.

I ordered a few samples of Naugahyde from Sailrite, and the two closest matches are either too pale, or too tan, and both have a finer grain. The paler one may be okay for use, but I'd like to know if a closer match exists.

 

[goldenstate]

Ottertex on Amazon, beige.

Replacing Sideliners

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I wonder if anyone has found a good match to the factory vinyl headliner? I'm considering fabricating some vinyl "access ports" for access to certain items through-bolted to the deck, using a small round of matching vinyl for a neat cover-up.

I ordered a few samples of Naugahyde from Sailrite, and the two closest matches are either too pale, or too tan, and both have a finer grain. The paler one may be okay for use, but I'd like to know if a closer match exists.

 

[K2MSmith]

I was able to get most of my zipper pulls working or replaced and I think my headliner is in similar or worse condition . In many cases, needed two sets of hands. I bought all the zipper grease , cutters etc and that helped . When I first bought the boat, I asked owner at Hood sails if he knew anyone that made new headliners and he had told me that not many services around anymore that do it because of the labor involved.

 

[Christian Williams]

Sailrite has some headliner videos, but they're not really our kind of headliners.

Replacing them is a challenge. On my boat, many bulkheads were installed after the headliner. I think if mine were really bad I'd interview upholsterers, who know all the tricks. Even better, custom auto upholsterers. Probably expensive, but it's a trade looking for work and having had a few couches recovered lately I thought the prices were fair for the skills required.

 

[Prairie Schooner]

A good friend has been doing marine canvas and upholstery for decades. Prior to that she got a BA in costume design and worked for a decade with opera companies. One current project is massive deck cushions for an 90' high-end catamaran. She also does stuff like fiddley complex dodgers. In short, she's got some chops. She HATES doing headliners. Avoids them as much as possible. Christian's suggestion of auto specialists is a great idea, if you can't find a marine tech.

 

[peaman]

Ottertex, beige.

Thanks very much for this. I ordered a couple of vinyl samples from Ottertex and yes, the SV573904 beige is a very good match to my existing headliner.