pchast wrote:that 3M stretchy double stick stuff. Can't think of the name. It holds up heavy pictures in my
home. Pulling the tab removes it with little residue.
noseoil wrote:Attaching to the interior plastic skin of a door is pretty iffy. I think the best way would be to fasten from the outside, counter-bore from the inside & add a stand-off to keep from crushing the door itself with a block, tube or some type of insert which becomes part of the door & adds a compression member to hold things in place.
We used them in aircraft work when building with balsa-core or honeycomb panels for structural fastenings & assembly. Basically, drill a #30 pilot hole from the outside first, then counter-bore from the inside to make a hole for the compression insert (spool, tube, stand-off, threaded insert) & epoxy the insert in place. The curtain rod foot will cover the hole. It's a PITA for a simple trailer build, but it would be a nice permanent solution which is leak-proof & would look OK when it's finished.
An alternate of using the elastic band I mentioned above. If something gets caught going in our out then nothing binds or breaks and it gives. I did blinds on previous build and the curtains on elastic were way better.Tomterrific wrote:I will second using screen door springs. My Mom helped me put curtains in my new pickup cap 50 years ago and she had me install screen door springs as curtain rods. They worked great so I used them for my tiny camper. Note that there are two diameters of springs you can find.
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