I had a go at it a few years ago. I tried heat gun, sanding, scraping. Those methods didn't work that well but then I tried some paint stripper. The citrus strip type of stripper. That worked very well.

To replace the flock I used some cheap grey Canadian tire sourced carpet. Spray adhesive to glue on. It's held up well, still tight.

Some pics of the liner here

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

Alistair

> On Jan 10, 2016, at 12:52 PM, Neil2 <vidublu@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> I plan to use a vacuum to remove the flocking on my pop top ceiling.  Is
> there a better method?  It falls off anytime I brush up against it and
> methinks would be better to remove it all and paint the ceiling.
> 
> Also, what to use to refinish the ceiling?  Non-water based paint?
> 
> Please/thanks!
> 
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