Laminate flooring underlay as foam backing for vinyl headlining.

[davidpbo]

Laminate flooring underlay as foam backing for vinyl headlining.
Anyone used it?

Anyone know what it is (chemically)?

The headlining on our boat needs replacing, I have used the same foam as was originally installed on one panel I have replaced but was wondering about using the type they use for underlay for laminate flooring. I don't know whether the spray glues or evo-stick type glues would react badly with it. I also want to check whether is is low fume and flame retardant.

Anyone know a manufacturer I could interrogate please?

I have a look at the foam backed vinyl from a well known supplier but the foam backing is only a couple of mm. I have yet to ask them whether they do thicker. The stuff installed is 6 or 8 mm thick form memory.

 

[vas]

cannot really help with manufacturers, however since I'm going through that process for the whole of my mobo, I feel that the flooring underlay will be WAY TOO HARD to stretch over the vinyl/leatherette lining. I used the recommended 5mm foam (feels way too soft) but stretching it over 200mm wide 8mm thick ceiling slabs was a hell of a job. End result was impressively good, smooth and soft. Well impressed with myself

IMHO, it's best to separate the two materials, foam and vinyl.

pics and a bit of text here http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthrea...t-versilcraft-Mystery43&p=4652653#post4652653 I'm replicating the original (almost 40yo) lining, so on the 4th pic you see the lining going all around and is stapled to the ply with the vinyl.

cheers

V.

 

[Hadenough]

Try these:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Closed-Ce...ga_Aerobic_Equipment&var=&hash=item6b29665457

 

[davidpbo]

cannot really help with manufacturers, however since I'm going through that process for the whole of my mobo, I feel that the flooring underlay will be WAY TOO HARD to stretch over the vinyl/leatherette lining. I used the recommended 5mm foam (feels way too soft) but stretching it over 200mm wide 8mm thick ceiling slabs was a hell of a job. End result was impressively good, smooth and soft. Well impressed with myself

IMHO, it's best to separate the two materials, foam and vinyl.

pics and a bit of text here http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthrea...t-versilcraft-Mystery43&p=4652653#post4652653 I'm replicating the original (almost 40yo) lining, so on the 4th pic you see the lining going all around and is stapled to the ply with the vinyl.

cheers

V.

Sorry not able to look at photos at the moment. Not clear why I would need to stretch the foam over vinyl.

On the area I replaced using existing vinyl. Vinyl was cut to shape (Already), foam was cut to shape under sized, glued to the vinyl then the panel glued to the deckhead.

The only stretching was to follow the contours of the deckhead and that was not too extreme.

 

[Danny]

I replaced the headlining on a previous boat we owned and used something very similar to this for some of the work. Most of the vinyl I replaced with new, which was foam backed, but I also used some thin, self adhesive, carpet-like material around the berth in the forecabin. I was worried about how well this would adhere to the grp and also about how well it would insulate. A friend of mine who managed a company supplying plastic foam gave me some sheets of grey, closed cell, plastic foam. It was about 6mm thick and very stiff. I lined the walls in the forecabin with this using the same contact adhesive that was supplied for the headlining. I then used the self adhesive carpet material on top of this. Worked well for me.