thin wood lining

[markpageant]

I want to line my cabin with wood, in the manner of a traditional cabin interior. I think the sort of wood which Ikea et al wooden venetian blinds are made of would be good. This would be pretty expensive though. Any ideas ?

 

[bazobeleza]

ours is lined in 1 1/2 x 1/4" eak strips with a slight gap between them, laid over a foam vinyl lining and fixed with brass cup/screw. if you were to use the sort of timber, its pretty thin but would bend easily, fixing it would be a matter of pre-drilling so it didn't split. I would also use a glued substrate to cushion it against the hull.

I looked at our aft cabin, 15 teak battens to port 10ft long, 11 fixings per batten (all screw grooves lined up) thats 165 fixings to port side alone. phew!

 

[Loginname]

Sorry to appear to be knocking your idea, but the nature of your question makes me wonder if you have the experience and skill to undertake this kind of job.
Do it properly and it could look stunning. Get it wrong and it will look like a botch up.

It's a big job.

Isn't there already a fair amount of wood in the Pageant? Are you thinking of covering the GRP panels? How would you match the existing wood?

 

[markpageant]

Plan to paint it, which should hide any errors in measurement.

 

[bazobeleza]

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Then why use wood???

 

[chwarae]

Robbins of Bristol supply teak faced ply at about £30 / sheet and about £10 delivery. Easy to cut,looks beautiful when varnished. I used ronseal matt some prefer satin. Google robbins they are on the net. You need teak faced ply (1 side) not marine ply.


Good luck.

 

[Loginname]

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Plan to paint it, which should hide any errors in measurement.

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In that case, I'm not sure what you are wanting to do. To me a "traditional cabin interior" is usually dark varnished wood.

 

[Captain Coochie]

Birch ply is what you want , 6mm will bend easy and the thicker stuff for worktops / tables etc . Look out for the patches they use to hide defect in the ply , i doubt if you will find a sheet without them so pick the board you can work with .
Why you want your boat to look like it came from Ikea is beyond me but then it has been said that the stuff i make looks like ikea work /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif I will never forgive you Mr B /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[MrCramp]

Sounds like you work to my sort of "precision"! I tend to cut things a bit big and then use my belt sander to reduce them to size....more or less!

Don't know how big an area you are doing but a couple of the biggest cheapest blinds from Ikea might be the cheapest solution.

I am not that bothered about fancy looks so I would tend to carpet cabin sides. Good insulater and if you get the right colour should not show the dirt. I have spent far too much time in the past fannying about doing boats up and now just do the minimum and spend more time on the water, and standing around talking to people, preferably with a drink in my hand.

Having said that mechanics, electrics and safety issues must be spot on. I cannot stand things that don't work properly