Technical Interior construction materials recommendation, please

Getting into making the interior for the 32 Ford Roadster I recently finished building.

As I haven’t yet made complete an interior, I’m looking for recommendations on specific materials for use in construction. If you have recent experience with this, please tell me what you used;



1. spray can contact adhesive to bond sew foam to Naugahyde before sewing

2. spray can contact adhesive to bond the sewn Naugahyde/sew foam to the wafer-board door panel

3. brush-on contact adhesive for bonding the edge of the Naugahyde to the back of the door panel

4. push-in door panel fasteners (push-in Christmas tree style or metal spring type)


Thanks~

 

I like 3M spray adhesive, 77 for light stuff, 90 for the heavy stuff.
I think the trees are easier to use but they have to be placed under the upholstery and over the backing board. The steel clips just need a notch to ride in.

 

Panel fixings with a cutout ( roughly 25% of the circular head) can be wound in from the rear once the panel is covered. Suggest a test first to determine required hole size.

Chris

 

I’ve had bad luck with spray on adhesives. Started used brush on Dap and never looked back.

 

I’ve had pretty good luck with Weldwood spray HD contact cement. Watch the “Lucky Needle” guy on YouTube. He does a great job explaining things.

 

I did my own,,I last time,an did a right -up for HAMB about what I did!
There should be some tips,you can use ?
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/tech-sew-at-home-upholsrety-hot-rod.604077/

 

Are you using wafer board for the door backing panels? My brother was the foreman in a trim shop and they always used cowlboard waterproof cardboard for the door panels instead of wood. Like this stuff - https://www.automotiveinteriors.com/waterproof-cardboard-door-panel-board-cowlboard-p/cowl-dp.htm

 

Door panels made from abs plastic. Use screws to hold them on the door

 

I made all my A coupe panels from Sintra PVC board. Heat formable, gluable, rot resistant. Got mine from a sign shop.

 

As for an adhesive this product is all you will need and it is the best out there. I purchase it in liquid form and use a brush, but it can be sprayed if you have the equipment.
My interior guy uses this product exclusively.
https://www.dap.com/products-projects/product-categories/adhesives/contact-cement/landau-top-trim/

 

I am using .10" waterproof cowlboard for the panels - exact same stuff from the same people. I'm thinking to put the smooth side toward the door

 

I use Weldbond Landau Top and Trim adhesive. Came in a one gallon can. Purchased a cheap spray gun to apply it. The good thing is, you can just leave the glue in the gun, no hardeners involved as paint has.

 

I ended up returning the 3M General Trim Adhesive and bought the a gallon of Weldwood landau top and trim adhesive AND an EZE spray contact glue spray gun. Seems like the best way to go.

 

the DAP landau top and trim adhesive is the way to go. also, if you are going to spray it, Harbour Freight sells a cheap purple spray gun for around 10 15 bucks that this stuff sprays great through. This is what I used on all the overhead insulation, carpet and door panels in my 39.

 

As Jason, I used the DAP top and trim adhesive applied with an old siphon gun on Cowl board. The door panels attach using metal spring clips and a lower screw.

 

This.

ABS for panels. No wood in cars for me.

 

You don't have wood in cars? Every/any car?

 

Weldwood is great but getting pricey. Miami Rubber has a private label spray adhesive that works great.

 

Landau top glue is rated for much higher temps so it's a step up. I use abs paneling also. I have glued material to it. Just use more glue than you think it will need and I think it will stay very well.

 

Brush on contact cement is way better than the spray can when it really needs to hold. Door panels where the material can lap over 3-4” on the board it’s ok. If you’re needing to stick to an aluminum panel rough it up with 30-60 grit first and use cement.

 

I've used 3M spray adhesives for years, but found it letting loose where I wrapped material over the edge of my panels. I decided to try something different the last time and bought a can of Permatex upholstery spray adhesive. I found it to be much better than the 3M used to use.

 

Planning to spray the face/large surface area, then brush the back/edges where it folds over.

 

Almost.

My sub cabinet is MDF. It's an off-the-shelf one.

If I made it myself, I would have made out of King StarBord: https://www.kingplastic.com/products/king-starboard/

All tempered masonite gets replaced with ABS. Floors and such that were wood get replaced with metal.

My wife had an SUV that had real wood, but she asked me to not customize that!

She's still pissed that I "customized" her sports car into the guardrails after getting hit hard on the freeway.

 

LOL...that was supposed to be a joke, about having "wood" in a car.