HI Owain

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:36:31 +0100, Owain
wrote:

Adrian wrote:
I'm looking for ways to flatten, and keep flattened, the interior
hardboard-and-vinyl panels on my recently-acquired '64 Morris
Traveller.
Rather than replace the whole lot (I think they're probably original)
- I was wondering about ways of removing the panels and clamping them
flat, to permanantly remove the 'wavyness'...

Would it be possible to steam them so theyr'e soft, then
contact-adhesive them to a sheet of plywood behind to give them
stiffness, doing it all in a vacuum press?

Probably ! (Don't have a vacuum press though)
But it might end up being more trouble than it was worth....

I guess the other way would be to 'skin' the existing panels (as in
'remove the vinyl' - and graft them (who's been watching too much
medical drama on TV !) onto some new hardboard - or even thin ply...

Anybody know what the 'standard' thicknesses are for plywood ?
(Although more to the point will be 'what's available' out here in the
wilds of West Cork !)

Regards
Adrian