wood walls in an A/S?

[A-Merry-Can]

Originally Posted by B Stover

Dave:
I'm considering doing the same thing. Besides veneer or laminate what is thinnest wood sheeting that you can get?
Bernie

veneer is pretty thin. i wouldn't worry about weight or anything with it. depending on how many panels you have on the end caps, veneer might be the only way. i have a 7 panel interior, the panels have compound curves, that i will have to get the veneer to adjust to. if you want the 13 panel look, check out carlos's work here:

http://www.airforums.com/forum...ari-15592.html

jp

[stagecoachbill]

I have a 69 Sovereign 31'. Before you remove all that vinyl, Try this. Spray a 1 square foot section of the vinyl with Krud Kutter (available at Wal-Mart paint dept.) wipe with paper towel. If the vinyl comes out as clean as mine did removing all the grime just repeat on the next square foot. Every time I went out I did another 3 square feet, took the Krud Kutter camping and did some of the cleaning while camping
stagecoachbill #5345

[kennyp315]

I am all most finished with my veneer job in my '65 Globtrotter. We used paperback birch. It is beautiful. I suggest that anyone using veneer that they should bondo around existing rivets and sand before applying veneer. Also do not use water based contact cement. As soon as you apply veneer you must seal it with a good sanding sealer. As it is pouris . The front end is the hardest because of the compound angles. Made lots of templates and experimented before cutting the veneer. I decided that I wanted my trailer to look similar to a woody station wagon and little wooden sailboat. Once we veneered the walls, I realized that I now had to cover all the boxes in veneer also. I have over two grand tied up in veneer and it is coming out beautiful. Where the seams are we are putting 1 1/4" strips of solid birch. All the trim around windows, door and cabinet are teak. It is amazing. Kenny

[StingrayL82]

Hey StagecoachBill, thanks for the info on Krud Kutter. I'll have to try it. The Magic Eraser from Mr. Clean works great too!

Frederic

[SafeHarbor]

Hi, Kenny,

Welcome to the forum!

How about some photos in your gallery when you have some spare time? I think we'd all like to admire your efforts.

Lamar

[NWOverlander]

Can you tell us how this held up over the past few years?

Very interested.

[kennyp315]

recovering from surgery will respond later with photo's. paneling looks great and is holding up fine. kenny