RE: Ruined my weekend
If it's not too late, try and cut along the panel lines as much as you can. Then you can put down a thin strip of black where the cut is and when you lay the covering back down any small gap will be less noticeable. I wouldn't CA the covering back down, just use your heat gun to warm it when you pull it up, then maybe balsa rite or stixit type product to put it back down.
Duke