We do this on all the Westies we restore.  I take the poptop to my local
marine canvas/upholstery guy and he installs the hull liner.  Looks very
nice.  Adds some insulation and sound deadening.  And its mold and mildew
resistant (hey... it's for boats).

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Alistair Bell
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 9:06 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: color change at inside poptop

Bill,

I haven't tried painting the flocking on the ceiling and I wonder if it
really is possible. The paint probably would turn the fuzz into a solid
surface.

An option is to line the roof with boat hull liner fabric. It comes in a
range of colours. I know of two vanagon owners that have done this and the
result is pretty nice. I did something similar on my pop top. I didn't use
hull liner fabric but rather some inexpensive carpet. It was very thin
carpet, pretty close to hull liner thickness but it did not have the 2 way
stretch that the hull liner stuff has. The lack of stretch did come back to
bite me during the install - I didn't manage to get it on completely wrinkle
free.

I have some pics of my attempt here:

http://shufti.wordpress.com/2013/07/01/vanagon-pop-top-canvas-swap/

Alistair

> On Oct 12, 2013, at 2:44 PM, WILLIAM WITZ <pbwitz@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
>
> Hi all, does anyone have any advice on dyeing or painting the in side of
the poptop? I bought a new tent and what to change color of roof to grey.
Thanks for your help in advance.
> Bill Witz 84 Westy