Fabric Like Alcantara

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   The glue attaching the fabric covering on my headliner has started failing, causing spots where it has separated.
My plan is to remove the headliner from the vehicle, remove the existing fabric, glue on new fabric, then replace the headliner.

Some of my luxury vehicles had / have Alcantara headliners. That fabric is very nice and I would like to use that in this application. I don't see Alcantara on the Sailrite site.

What fabric is recommended for this application? Is this Ultrasuede HP the suggested fabric?

Is this 3M 08090 Spray Adhesive the suggested glue?

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wingless Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Member Joined: 30 June 2013 Location: Florida Status: Offline Points: 135	Post Options Post Reply Quote wingless Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Fabric Like Alcantara Posted: 04 April 2016 at 11:13pm
	The glue attaching the fabric covering on my headliner has started failing, causing spots where it has separated. My plan is to remove the headliner from the vehicle, remove the existing fabric, glue on new fabric, then replace the headliner. Some of my luxury vehicles had / have Alcantara headliners. That fabric is very nice and I would like to use that in this application. I don't see Alcantara on the Sailrite site. What fabric is recommended for this application? Is this Ultrasuede HP the suggested fabric? Is this 3M 08090 Spray Adhesive the suggested glue?
	2000 SeaRay 380 Sundancer Mercruiser 454 MAG MPI Horizon 380hp Westerbeke 7.0KW BCGB many cool mods Juki DNU-1541S Consew CSM550

Zach Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 10 September 2015 Status: Offline Points: 48	Post Options Post Reply Quote Zach Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 April 2016 at 9:46am
	Hello, Yes, Ultrasuede HP is the closest thing we have to Alcantara. 3M Super Trim is too aggressive, you will want to use 3M Super 77 instead.
	Zach Grant Sailrite

wingless Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Member Joined: 30 June 2013 Location: Florida Status: Offline Points: 135	Post Options Post Reply Quote wingless Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 April 2016 at 11:03am
	Thanks for the information. The Sailrite site shows samples are not available. The Toray site permits ordering samples. It would be useful to update the Sailrite site to add the order sample link. The site states: "Samples are provided to qualified professionals and businesses in the trade only. You may be contacted to provide further information."
	2000 SeaRay 380 Sundancer Mercruiser 454 MAG MPI Horizon 380hp Westerbeke 7.0KW BCGB many cool mods Juki DNU-1541S Consew CSM550