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As many of you may remember, the door cards on my Clipper are pretty rough. I don't mind the appearance but the upholstery hanging down is annoying.

Does anyone have a recommendation for glue to hold the cloth and vinyl in place against the cardboard, that does not significantly disturb the appearance? In other words I want it to stay but don't want it to look soaked with glue.

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Try 3M 77 spray.
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Thanks. I'm also thinking of baking the panels in the sun, to soften the vinyl. I think I need to just pull them all off again and lay them on a table on a hot day. Only the passenger rear door card is currently in acceptable condition.

For what it's worth, the interior does not see much water anymore. It more or less only needs to withstand humidity.

Best stuff to use is Weldwood Landau Top and Trim adhesive. The spray stuff should work well enough.

The stuff I got from my local upholsterer wasn't Weldwood, but it was industrial strength and this guy does high end work on classics. It has worked very well for me. The 3M spray has failed in the few things I tried it on. I would recommend high strength upholstery contact adhesive. You can spray or brush it. Works the same either way.

Thanks I bought that also just now.

Since much of the vinyl is warped I probably need the strongest stuff possible 😫 even though I'll try to get it straightened first.

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I'll bet the vinyl is mostly rotten and won't stretch much, if at all. Likely will year if you try too hard. But if can salvage it for now that will buy you time to figure something else out if needed. None of the old materials in my car were salvageable. I tried.