nimbusgb
Well-Known Member
Having just spent more than a week stripping out the !"£$%" foul, disgusting, rotted, foam backed traditional headlinings from the storage spaces, lockers and the rest of the boat ( three cabins and saloon ) , I am looking for alternatives to replace the 'traditional' vinyl with. I refuse point blank to have the foam backed stuff on board ever again. It looks ok for a while but as we all know when it starts to go wrong it is a pain to keep in good nick and after 10 seasons or so in the Med it turns into the equivalent of toxic waste as far as I am concerned.
Inside lockers and storage I have stripped back to bare wood or glass, cleaned all the very tenacious contact adhesive of, filled and ground off the big uneven bits and primed and painted satin white. The result is clean storage spaces which are light inside.
In the saloon under the deckhead I have cut 6mm marine ply panels, faced them with white formica and fixed them in place with capped screws. i could have gone for hidden screws but to be honest life is too short! The effect is great. It opens up and lightens the space, it will wipe clean and being screwed in should stay in place permanently.
The small area of unpanelled glass in the forepeak is now lined with a felt type carpet. In the long run I may maye up some ply panels for these two areas.
I am now faced with two large aft cabins, they share the underside of the cockpit, cockpit lockers, seats and coamings as their 'ceilings'. Convoluted, odd shaped and something of a pig to clad.
Currently I have painted them white and to be honest the past month in on the boat in the Greek sun has been a pleasure with the temperatures in the cabins remaining very acceptable.
I'm looking for alternatives to fitting these two cabins with replacement foam backed liners and wonder if there is an alternative to ply panelling. I am aware of the newer, all vinyl, padded liners, but I'm also loathe to go and plaster contact adhesive over everything again!
Inside lockers and storage I have stripped back to bare wood or glass, cleaned all the very tenacious contact adhesive of, filled and ground off the big uneven bits and primed and painted satin white. The result is clean storage spaces which are light inside.
In the saloon under the deckhead I have cut 6mm marine ply panels, faced them with white formica and fixed them in place with capped screws. i could have gone for hidden screws but to be honest life is too short! The effect is great. It opens up and lightens the space, it will wipe clean and being screwed in should stay in place permanently.
The small area of unpanelled glass in the forepeak is now lined with a felt type carpet. In the long run I may maye up some ply panels for these two areas.
I am now faced with two large aft cabins, they share the underside of the cockpit, cockpit lockers, seats and coamings as their 'ceilings'. Convoluted, odd shaped and something of a pig to clad.
Currently I have painted them white and to be honest the past month in on the boat in the Greek sun has been a pleasure with the temperatures in the cabins remaining very acceptable.
I'm looking for alternatives to fitting these two cabins with replacement foam backed liners and wonder if there is an alternative to ply panelling. I am aware of the newer, all vinyl, padded liners, but I'm also loathe to go and plaster contact adhesive over everything again!
