Technical Making door panels

I have seen mentioned here that expanded PVC foam board is a good material to use for making door panels. I looked around quite a bit online for these, and found them to be fairly expensive, especially when shipping is added in. However, I came across this listing on flea bay for these 1/8" thick ones for a very decent price, and shipping is reasonable. Can anyone tell me if these are the right ones to be using?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/154576100617

 

That looks like a softer board than what you want. I believe what you want ( and what I used) is ABS board. Very playable and easy to work with. I have tried that pvc and it has a cellulose in it. More fragile in my opinion.

 

I think this is what you want. It's rough on one side and smooth on the other......
https://www.amazon.com/ABS-Sheet-24...ocphy=9031302&hvtargid=pla-594620364208&psc=1

That's what I used in my roadster. It's pliable and even more so if you use a heat gun! Best pic I could find.

 

Take a look at your local home improvement store. Some stock sheets of 1/8PVC for kitchen/bath walls. Easy to cut and bend, even form some with heat.

 

I used Sintra-1/8" PVC sheet. Got a 4x8 through a local sign shop and one piece did my entire A coupe. It's formable/moldable with a heat gun and can be glued with cyanoacrylate adhesive (Super Glue). There are tons of videos about how to work with ths stuff, many done be re-enactors at Comicon,etc. Affordable, pliable, waterproof,workable-just what you need

 

Used a cheap flat four piece shower surround.

 

Thanks guys. I was under the impression that the expanded foam PVC was better because it will hold upholstery staples, where the hard PVC types, like shower surrounds would not.

That Sintra sure looks a lot like the stuff I posted. Is it different?

 

That is what the expanded PVC looks like. I've used it in 1/2". It's rigid and can be machined. I can see it holding staples. I have seen them using it to do panels on the TV shows. You can glue it with PVC solvent glues. We had a customer spec it for flat die racks. I saved the drops. Good stuff. Mike

 

Thanks, I want to make sure it is the right stuff before buying it!

 

I use 1/8" Tar Board. Available in 3' x 4' sheets for a reasonable price. Vinyl or cloth glues to it easily.

 

What is tar board?

 

Tarboosh?

 

High density fiber board impregnated with a petroleum-based product to be waterproof. Cowlboard is what upholstery suppliers call it.