Interior Roof Linings

[Sweet Shock]

I used 10 or 12mm blue foam, 5mm ply and then Im putting 12 mm foam on to ply and covering in 3 sections but Im having a console in the centre a devider behind seats and enough room for seats to lay back. Because of divider I can hide flat brackets  to hold ply in place, also I did my Vr roof in black crush velvet  and it uses velcrow to holded it up in places so I plan on using 75mm velcrow in there somewhere.                 pete

[Gordon]

Another old trick is to score the back of the ply with a small hand held angle grinder. A few lines cut half way through the thickness of the ply works like a charm for those tight bends.

[Bas / NZ]

Good idea Gordon, forgot about that one, at Gemini in the 80's ( van shop / factory ) where I used to work, we used a product called (I think) Bitumestic board photo's attached, it bends real easy and is water proof. If interested could find out if it is still available.

[Bedfordcrazy]

They call that KERFING gordon. You can bend would of any size and shape if you kerf it.

george

[Gordon]

They call that KERFING gordon. You can bend would of any size and shape if you kerf it.

george

Cheers George. I've learnt something

[Bedfordcrazy]

Ok gordon, here  is something else, wood is not spelt would. lol  Check out how i spelt wood in last post.

george

[Gordon]

Missed that one the first time round George 

[Sundownernz]

For all you NZders here there is a place in Auckland, recently shifted to the Hybrook area called Plytech. They stock all ranges of plywood including various marine plys down to 1.5 mm. They also have a great product called bendy ply. I used this for the roof lining of my van and being a jumbo has the higher roof. The ply hugs the curve against the roof supports and goes around the edge roof bend with ease. It's pretty flexible but only in one direction and is available in std ply thicknesses. I think I used 5 mm. It's 3 ply and uses a thin centre sheet with the thicker sheets either side having their grain running in the same direction. Hence the ability to bend well. You can check out their website for info. Just google Plytech NZ. I'm pretty sure they import this ply so it should also be available in Aussie as well.

Cheers,
Garry.

[Rogue Trooper]

Here...

http://www.plytech.co.nz/Marine/bend_Ply.aspx

...and here.

http://www.plytech.co.nz/userDocuments/SpecSheets/Bendy_Ply.pdf

[BusyKiwi]

There is also a crowd down Partiki Rd (Avondale) that does ply and stuff. talk to the boys and they might sell you good stuff for seconds prices