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bostonbus
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 26, 2005 - 6:54 pm: | |
I have started striping my bus and found that the ceiling panels have multiple coats of paint and cracks in the panel. Any suggestions of what material to use? |
FAST FRED
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 27, 2005 - 5:53 am: | |
I would visit the SOUNDOWN site an pick a washable noise controll material to glue up.
FAST FRED |
TWODOGS (Twodogs)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 27, 2005 - 6:29 am: | |
that white pebble surface stuff at home depo |
pete hyser (4501pete)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 27, 2005 - 7:18 am: | |
i used 1 x 6 toung and groove pine stained mahogany, full cornor beads and where i needed to wrap a corner luan stained the same..
you can feel alittle sway in the bus...when the tanks are full and im loaded for the road..its smooth as silk..
well, as smooth as a 1956 bus can be..heh heh |
Gary Stadler (Boogiethecat)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 27, 2005 - 12:04 pm: | |
1x6 T&G Cedar on our bus. Lightweight, nice |
John that newguy
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 27, 2005 - 1:56 pm: | |
Cedar? On a hot day, doesn't it smell like a box of hamsters? |
TWODOGS (Twodogs)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 27, 2005 - 3:52 pm: | |
ya' know....I wondered about that...I have 80 feet of cedar cabinets ..& the walls are cedar shingles.... |
Gary Stadler (Boogiethecat)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 27, 2005 - 9:05 pm: | |
I love hamsters!
Actually no, it doesnt smell at all, but it does get a lot of compliments... |
Ethan Tuttle (Mrert)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 27, 2005 - 10:05 pm: | |
My whole inside is 1 X 3 toung and groove pine stained in honey oak. It is hard to beleave what you can make that wood cover. It only took me 600 1x3 x8 peices to do my interior! That was a lot of staining and varnishing. But the out come was worth it! I used 1/8 & 1/4 in luan under it. My closets are cedar (hamster cage).Take a look at it. www.geocities.com/iowamrert
you might have to visit the page a couple of time to get to the last pages. I have a limited # of visists on my pages. I need to find a better host
Ethan Tuttle
82 Eagle 10 |
John tng
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 27, 2005 - 10:06 pm: | |
Would you mind if we stored some linens in there?
You got room? |
John that newguy
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 27, 2005 - 10:10 pm: | |
I love Eagles! I kinda' wish I waited....
Oh well.. |
Don Ripley
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 28, 2005 - 12:12 am: | |
I used 2'x2' plastic tiles which comes in several patters.They come in white but can be painted.They are easy to keep clean. |
ChuckMC9 (Chucks)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 28, 2005 - 11:23 am: | |
Foss hull liner/headliner - a Marine fabric product - a thin carpet used to line the interior of custom yachts. Very flexible, stretchable and lightweight. Conforms easily to the curves and bends of a coach As long as it is installed with the nap always going in the same direction the seams are almost invisible.
A slim coat of auto body plastic applied to hide all screw holes and seams.
To finish coach ceiling first glued EHP roll board to the back of the original ceiling laminate that was saved when first dismantled the bus. These layers then attached to the metal ribs of the previously insulated ceiling using self-taping sheetrock screws designed for metal studs.
--From BCMag, August 2004, p. 42
[I have not done any ceiling work yet, and despite FF's invocation not to put a 'rug on the roof', am going to look into this when the time comes. I *really* don't want those crossways mouldings between panels to disrupt the eye as it travels down the length of the coach.] |
Rodger in WA
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 10:09 am: | |
My Prevost Champion has a naugahyde headliner. It's stretched between 1/4" plywood bows, spaced at about 48". It's a professional installation, done for a former owner, so I don't have the installation details to post here.
At any rate, I think it's the nicest headliner I've seen in coaches other than the very high dollar rigs.
Lightweight, very easy to clean and looks like new after 12 years of use.
For photos, check the BNO, Buses for Sale section. It's the red '76 Prevost about 20 buses down in the Over $35K section. |
Jason Whitaker (Jeepme)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 10:25 pm: | |
Nice looking bus Ethan! I really like the wood everything. I'm using wood paneling from Lowes that will give me a similar look, just easier and less craftsmanship. I haven't decided whether to do my ceiling in the wood or a light colored paneling or fabric.
I found a post in the archives (I haven't been able to find it again) about doing a ceiling in vinyl (naughahyde sp?) and it sounded easy enough but I could never figure out what to do when you came to a wall or cabinet.
I was considering cutting 1/2" foamboard to fit, taking it into the shop and gluing fabric or vinyl to it. Bring it back out to the bus and glue it up. Only problem is when the board is bent back into the ceiling the fabric would probably wrinkle since it's on the inside of the bend. Wouldn't be the toughest ceiling either, though easy to replace.
Jason Whitaker
4104 |
Doug G
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 10:35 pm: | |
Why not try pre-finished, self -stick engineered oak flooring? It's thin, light and strong. |
Brian (Bigbusguy)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 5:31 pm: | |
"I was considering cutting 1/2" foamboard to fit, taking it into the shop and gluing fabric or vinyl to it. Bring it back out to the bus and glue it up. Only problem is when the board is bent back into the ceiling the fabric would probably wrinkle since it's on the inside of the bend. Wouldn't be the toughest ceiling either, though easy to replace"
Jason ,
OK I have a idea I dont know how foamboard bends or will hold a bend. I was wanting a fabric type ceiling also . Why not make a jig that has the same curves as roof and make them upside down in your shop.
Brian 4905 Vancouver WA |