I'm starting a new build on a 99 E450 box truck and was wondering what people have used for interior paneling. My only local options are Lowes and Home Depot and their selection is limited. My last build I used a white painted Masonite from lowes but I never really liked it. I would prefer not to use the mobilehome paneling so I'm leaning towards 1/4" plywood and possibly staining or wallpapering it. Any ideas?
What interior paneling to use?
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Bikersmurf
Expedition Leader
Baltic Birch Plywood... a little pricy but very nice to work with. It's used for marine and cabinets and finishes up well.
Bbasso
Expedition Leader
Thin plain Masonite is pretty nice stuff to use if your going to cover it. You can bond marine carpet or vinyl fabric on with contact cement for a finished look. Thin plywood sheet looks nice as well. I like maple ply because it has a fairly light color.
I'm starting a build on a cube van and thinking of using honeycomb panel for most of it. It's half the weight of plywood.
http://www.plascore.com/download/datasheets/plascore_panels/Plascore_Board.pdf
I'm starting a build on a cube van and thinking of using honeycomb panel for most of it. It's half the weight of plywood.
http://www.plascore.com/download/datasheets/plascore_panels/Plascore_Board.pdf
That's neat looking stuff. Any idea on the thickness?
Mwilliamshs
Explorer
1/4" nominal (7/32" actual) BB grade, Type 1 hardwood plywood linoleum underlayment is readily available, tough, cheap, and stands up to humidity. Its birch side looks great in poly and is fully panel sanded so it's super smooth so it also takes paint very well.
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IdaSHO
IDACAMPER
Uh, what?
Chico??
Simple google search dug up these guys.
They have a lot of specialty plywoods
http://hugheshardwoodschico.com
Mwilliamshs
Explorer
Another underlayment bonus I failed to mention: it's flexible. Bends better than normal 1/4" plywood and as we know, there aren't too many straight lines in a van.
Bbasso
Expedition Leader
it's rather thin from what I remember, about the thickness of a quarter maybe slightly more but rather stout
John and Mandi
Observer
We used 1/4 birch paneling then covered them with marine padding and marine vinyl. We wrapped the vinyl around the edges and stapled it on so we could change the interior color scheme without re-making the wall panels. We already had to re-wrap a panel after the guy at the lumbar yard tore a hole in it when loading 3/4" ply.
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naterry
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Some more information and options here: http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/135221-Counter-Top-amp-Panel-Material-Options
GR8ADV
Explorer
Timely. You can go here http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/137838-2003-Mitsubushi-FG-Overland-Camper-Renovation to see how/what Paul is going to use on our FUSO.