Posted by michel.capel (michel.capel@…>)
— In FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com, “michel.capel”
<michel.capel@…> wrote:
Lance,
Sheet PVC is used in the printing industry to print the huge
billboard posters. Hence the blue protective plastic leaf on one
side to keep the printing side free of grease. Try a printshop
supplier or supplier of perspex and other plastic sheet material.
The technical name is foamed PVC (there are many brandnames) but
it
doesn’t look like foam on the outside. If you cut it you can see
tiny bubbles with a magnifying glass. Its also very thermoplastic;
you can mold it with boiling water and it gets hard in a few
seconds
again. I made a sleeve to line my heater’s chimney through deck on
the inside.Here in the NL’s it’s sold in sheets of 3 m x 2 m with thicknesses
of 1, 2, 3, 4, ,5 ,6, 7, etc. millimeters. I have used 3, 4 and 5
mm becaúse the supplier didn’t have enough sheets in 4 mm. If I
did
it again, I would use 4 mm all over. 5 mm becomes hard to bend,
and
3 mm is a little too flexible for the larger panels so it does not
sit tensioned enough along the bulkheads.cleaning is a dream compared to the foam with creases. Just a
cloth
with some windowcleaner.Good luck,
michel— In FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com, “lance_ryley”
<lance_ryley@> wrote:Michel,
where did you buy your panels? I need to do a job like this in
Glory
too, but have no idea where I’d find these sheets in US. Are
they
flexible enough to get down the companionway?Thanks,
Lance— In FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com, “michel.capel”
<michel.capel@> wrote:I did all headliners last year. I used 3 and 4 mm foamed pvc
sheets.
Excellent stuff to work with, fire retardent and it has a fine
matte
finish and is easily cleaned because it does not have the
creases of
the foam headliner. I used the old headliners as template,
stapled
the new sheets in place to hold them temporarily, screwed back
the
teak battens and then removed the protective film from the
sheets. if
you like, have a look at www.flickr.com/photos/alabama_queen/
to
see
how it all went.good luck,
michel