Winnebago Ceiling

I know you have to do a really good job of cleaning off the old glue on the vinyl and foam panels to get the vinyl to stick once re-glued. There is a 3-M adhesive that RV'ers have used for this. I don't remember what it is called.

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Quick and simple answer is no. You will not be able to get any glue to stick to the vinyl. I have replaced my 95Brave ceiling for the same reason. The foam deterates after a couple years and turns into a sticky mess, i have tried everything available to clean it off the vinyl and it just turns it black. See this link for pictures of my before and after.

the bear II wrote:
I know you have to do a really good job of cleaning off the old glue on the vinyl and foam panels to get the vinyl to stick once re-glued. There is a 3-M adhesive that RV'ers have used for this. I don't remember what it is called.

probably 3M 4200 or 5200?
bumpy

I used a butter knife to push it back into the vinyl then used a regular paper stapler opened up and stapled it fast to the ceiling.

The old foam residue and adhesive is very tough to remove. I would not even try using a vacuum because I'm sure it would ruin the whole vacuum unit. The entire ceiling on my 94 Itasca Suncruiser has sagged during the past 7 years, and I'm at a loss to find a material that could be fastened over the sagging ceiling. I use staples to keep the sagging ceiling in place where it has pulled the edges out of the cross bars.

My '93 Itasca (Winnebago) started to go about 4 years ago. Now the whole ceiling has sagged.

It is too pricy and labor-intensive to remove the ceiling and replace it.

White Thumb tacks are the answer for me. 88 cents at Wal-Mart. I put them in a neat and uniform pattern so that it doesn't look so bad. Visitors to the coach thought that it was supposed to look that way.

Great ideas. Thanks to all. I like the white thumb tack trick. I also bought some of the 3M adhesive. Will give it a try this weekend!