Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 21:53:00 -0700
Reply-To: BILL <billv2@PRODIGY.NET>
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From: BILL <billv2@PRODIGY.NET>
Subject: Re: *&$% interior trim - where to get?
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The paint is still holding up great! I used BEHR best exterior house paint
Satin. Applied two/three coats, Can wash off any dirt with mild soap and
water. Some lower sections that I reglued are now coming apart again at the
stress points. All the cabinets that had the wallpaper were painted (only
the wallpaper sections) and that which was wallpaper that you can see was
textured also. The glue does not hold up under extreme weather conditions.
It seems as the weather gets cold, the wallpaper shrinks. And at all the
stress points it starts to bubble. My interior cabinets are offwhite/beige.
I'm not sure how the sides would hold up as they get a lot more abuse. But
the cabinets and upper locations are great!
Bill "I'd Rather Be Hiking The
'82 CA Westy [FreeBird] Greater Yellowstone"
"The Gem State"
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Chris Fall
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 2:55 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: *&$% interior trim - where to get?
>
>
> keith -
>
>
> I've been looking all over as well with no luck. I was going to
> refinish the
> wood and leave it exposed, but I have decided to try commercial width
> wallpaper (54" wide - big enough to cover biggest panels in one piece).
> there are very plain patterns available - quite similar to the original -
> and the stuff is vinyl (original might be plastic). I don't know how the
> dimensional stability (in response to temp changes) compares with the
> plastic already there - I've been told that wallpaper is not ok for cars,
> but my guess is that the commercial stuff would be more durable than the
> original. My main concern is temperature changes interacting with
> the curve
> on the roof panel over the driver. The 3M trim adhesive might make things
> work ok vis temperature.
>
> I really don't see any alternatives, but I did notice that the
> material used
> for roll down window shades (check home depot) is wide enough and
> a similar
> material that is more comparable in thickness to the original than vinyl
> wallpaper. It might look a bit chhesy though (but maybe not as bad as half
> peeled panels)
>
>
> note - the commercial wallpaper can be expensive (~$100 for a
> wetsy's worth)
> due to cutting charges for less than a whole roll. Plus,
> wallpaper sales in
> general seem to be quite the scam if you check out specialty shops. If
> someone were to test this stuff and find it suitable (it'll be
> summer before
> I get to it, if then), perhaps one of the parts folks on the net
> would buy a
> roll and sell more or less precut -to-trim pieces in a kit....
>
> Chris Fall
>
> cpfall@ucdavis.edu
>
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