On Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 4:16:02 PM UTC+1, Chris Green wrote:
fred wrote:
On Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at 6:33:04 PM UTC+1, Chris Green wrote:
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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Chris Green
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3mm white mdf is available and might be stronger than hardboard. It will
still conform to a slight curve.

The white MDF I found appeared to be white primer only, I'm not quite
sure how well that will last?

Assuming you can get it cut to size how will you manoeuvre it into position ?

It's not too difficult as the roof isn't very high and the pieces of
ceiling are only 4' x 4'.

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Chris Green
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The 3mm white mdf we use is a finished white. Not a primer, Actually I think its not a pure white. Something called Oatmeal i.s.t.r.