Is Laconite still available. Its a coated hardboard but can have a better
choice of finishes and colours than the plain bog standard stuff. Not heard
of it recently. Of course it might be not used for fire reasons or
something, I do not know. It looks like the coating is some kind of plastic.
Brian

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The 'ceiling' of our little boat is made of sheets of white coated
hardboard. It's badly stained by the previous owner smoking and also
has a few mangled bits so I'm looking to replace it.

Should I stay with the white coated hardboard or are there better
(and/or cheaper) alternatives? It needs to be a similar thickness to
the existing 3.2mm hardboard though I guess it could be a bit thicker
without major problems. I want to be able to just put it up ready
finished, I don't want to paint it after installation.

I'm having a bit of trouble finding a supplier who can deliver at a
non-exorbitant price too. I can't transport 8' x 4' in the car easily
but 4' x 4' is fine so I could get 8'x4' here and chop them in half to
take them. Each panel in the boat is around 4' x 4' or a little less.

I have also tried searching for similar material in France but didn't
have much joy.

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