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Postby shamrock » Sat May 19, 2007 1:25 pm

I have been looking at all the real cool interior ceilings of the tear drops and what I like best is the tounge and groove look,running asross the roof door to door, Dose any one know how if these are 5 foot wide sheets or a 4 foot sheet turned sideways?
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Postby madjack » Sat May 19, 2007 5:46 pm

...four foot wide...the chances of winning the lottery are better than finding a specialty panelling that is 5' wide..... 8)
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Postby Ira » Sun May 20, 2007 7:26 am

Didn't someone do that here with tongue and groove PLANKS, and it actually worked, despite the curve?
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Postby shamrock » Sun May 20, 2007 3:18 pm

Im sure it will work but thats alot of messing around, I was hopping to just do it with a sheet of 1/8 inch
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Postby Greg M » Sun May 20, 2007 6:15 pm

I'm gonna try using plastic laminate for the interior roof. It comes in up to 5'x12' sheets.

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Postby shamrock » Sun May 20, 2007 8:23 pm

Laminate seems like a good idea.. But real hard to nail thru
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Postby Greg M » Sun May 20, 2007 8:39 pm

I'm going to glue it and use corner bead at the sides. If I need any mechanical fasteners, I'll predrill. I hope it works :)

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Postby GPW » Mon May 21, 2007 7:01 am

If you guys (and ladies) are going wider than 4' you might like to try a trick that we used years ago on custom van interiors... install your ceiling/paneling centered on the inside... make trim strips of thin ply and attach long strips of carpet/padded fabric on one side with the edges overlaping the back .. now a couple of screws easily attaches this to the roof/sides and makes a nice looking trim feature ... easy to remove and run wiring/etc. later if you want ...bends easily , covers alot of sins... ;)
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Postby bobhenry » Mon May 21, 2007 7:57 am

Greg M wrote:I'm going to glue it and use corner bead at the sides. If I need any mechanical fasteners, I'll predrill. I hope it works :)

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