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Re: Door Panel Material

To: James Barrett <jamesbrt@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: Door Panel Material
From: "Clifford A. Costa" <csquared@idsi.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 22:22:58 -0500
I would think that a good grade of marine plywood would hold up well.
If you really wanted to be sure you could use a epoxy system (West
System) like the boat builder do on the plywood.

Cliff Costa

James Barrett wrote:

> Folks,
>         I have replaced my interior door panels several times.
> The pressed fiber boards warp after a year or so here in Florida.
> I have used various types of pressed boards, some prepainted,
> some I added plastic sheeting to.  Also used thin plywood several
> times.  The plywood rots out and comes apart.
>         I have consider plexiglas, lexen and aluminum sheet, but
> these would not allow the vinal covering to be stapled.  Any one
> found an available material that would last for a long time even
> with rain leaking in?  Would like the material to be soft enough
> so I could staple the vinal covering on.
>         As I have a Tiger II the interior is the GT version and
> there are iron sheet metal pieces around parts of the edge.  These
> also rust out, but I can replace those with stasinless steel.  The
> sheet metal pieces are pop riveted on.
>
>         I noticed that some of the commerical trash cans outside
> my work are Rubbermaid and appear to be made from a 1/4" thick
> gray plastic that has many swirl marks from the molding process.
> It appears to be soft enough to staple to.
> This stuff looks promising, but I have never seen it in sheet form.
> The trash cans are several years old now and they are still OK.
>
> James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others

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