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going with non original interior. looking for a very thin flat material that moisture will not affect that upholstery can be glued.

Formica is perfect except I am concerned if contact adhesive will hold a cotton type product through the atmospheric conditions of a vehicle.
has anyone used Formica in this process before, or show I consider another product
 
The rough side of Formica is made to hold contact cement. Excess heat will be a concern with any glued on fabric, however mica would be as good as any.
Glue: Here's where it'll get tricky. Most of the spray can adhesive won't hold up to the heat well. I would try and find some older lacquer based glue, I don't have a lot of faith in the waterbase used today.
If you must spray glue, the higher the number, ie. 90 is best.
 
Someone proposed using plastic material that those stand up cheap vinyl signs use. Typically corrougated for strength. Not sure about glue.
 
I used Weldwood Contact Cement that comes in quarts or gallons. I glued all my carpet and interior panels and used most of a gallon. For my interior panels I just used masonite, but coated the back side with glue as well to waterproof it. When I researched what glue to use, it seemed that the 3M Super77 or equivalent was good, but the Welwood was longer lasting. I had very good luck with it, and mine has survived 2 Texas summers.

The Weldwood is solvent based and in my case it softened the carpet backing. This was a blessing and a curse. The softening made it easier to conform it to irregular surfaces, but you could not pull the carpet up to reposition.

A couple links from my blog while doing the interior.

https://doanfamily.net/blog/2011/10/09/finished-carpet/
https://doanfamily.net/blog/2011/10/16/interior-almost-done/

Formica would probably be a good choice, just harder to work with than masonite. It might be brittle and crack if screw holes are near the edge.
 
I used the 3M heavy duty head liner adhesive. I don't remeber the pt number but it ROCKS. It's been I don;t know how many years but my carpet still is stuck good.
 
Jim_Gruber said:
Someone proposed using plastic material that those stand up cheap vinyl signs use. Typically corrougated for strength. Not sure about glue.
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This is just the stuff I would like to try for backing panel's. Anyone know of a source or do I just cannibalize advertising sign's??

Kurt.
 
David_Doan said:
buy for-sale signs at Lowe's or Home Depot
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Or go find a sign shop and ask to look in their dumpster or, if you neighbourhood is like mine - wait till Sunday eve and go find left over realtor signs
 
Go pull up all the political signs you can find! Not only solves your problem, but gets rid of a major issue...
Rut
 
Thanks guy's. The candidate's are supposed to remove their signs but I've noticed that like so many things now days, no one is holding them to it.
I think that laminated sign material would work fine and last a long time. I know that in nature it doesn't seem to go away!

Kurt.
 
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