Adding Wood Skin to Factory Doors

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Adding Wood Skin to Factory Doors

Postby GarthB » Thu Jun 10, 2021 6:19 am

Has anyone ever added a wood skin such as 1/8" birch to the interior of their factory doors? I was thinking it would match my interior a lot better than the white plastic that it currently has.

It seems like the two options for doing so would be to glue the 1/8" on top of the plastic panel or to remove the plastic panel and replace it with 1/8".

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Thanks for the input!
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Re: Adding Wood Skin to Factory Doors

Postby swoody126 » Thu Jun 10, 2021 7:04 am

have you considered taking the door to a sign shop and having it wrap'd to match your paneling ?

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Re: Adding Wood Skin to Factory Doors

Postby GarthB » Thu Jun 10, 2021 7:12 am

swoody126 wrote:have you considered taking the door to a sign shop and having it wrap'd to match your paneling ?


I have not. I figured I would take the "free" route with some leftover 1/8" if I still have some near the end of my build.
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Re: Adding Wood Skin to Factory Doors

Postby saltydawg » Thu Jun 10, 2021 7:39 am

The plastic panel on the side is glued to the foam. You would destroy it trying to get it off.

You best cheap bet would be to find something like a vinyl shelf liner or something similar with a wood grain and sticking it on.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Con-Tact-Creative-Covering-Light-Oak-Wood-Adhesive-Shelf-Liner-20F-C9AT32-06/205682093
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