Hi Lloyd! I found your video particularly interesting because I've been thinking about trying to make new door panels for my 1981 VW Rabbit pickup. Congratulations on winning a poem book! Thank you for the video. Take care.
Thanks Lloyd learn something new every day. The door panel turned our real nice and white has got to be difficult to keep white when playing with glue.!!... great job.!!
That panel looks great. That’s a good process to use without sewing the panels. It’s going to look great in the Car. Thanks for sharing and teaching us something new. Have a great week my friend. BigW:-)
This is terrific! I can sew but don't have a machine for heavy duty material so this is a great alternative. I love this idea and may do some custom door panels on my restoration projects
I hope it will be helpful. There isn't much out there on a good DIY from scratch door panel upholstery that doesn't require sewing. Thanks Ken and take care
Neat trick! Great job and I hope to see it someday. You're right about that spray glue. I've had it fail pretty quickly. Seems it is made to hold things in place long enough for you to put a proper fastener in it but that is about as far as it will go.
@@RustyGlovebox the fact you’re still replying to comments after all years shows integrity in your work... subscribed 👊🏾 glad to hear it’s still going strong
There are a lot of options out there and this is just one. Making a custom raised panel using fiberglass resin and a polyester mat can make a cool looking panel for the right vehicle. Thanks
This is great. The door panels on my TR6 are fine, but the panel that covers the gas tank and separates the trunk from the interior is all warped. It's not worth me buying an entire interior kit for the car so this is the way to go.
That's pretty cool Lloyd. For the window crank to come through are you going to make a small hole and pull some vinyl through the hole or just cut the hole out.
Lioyd thanks for sharing On my vw bus the panels for that you can buy from TMI, if you have extra $1,500.00 sitting around collecting dust. For years now on the VW's everyone makes them thier own (crazy things like putting in a V8 motor) they add thier style and vision. After watching this, I see how I can do that with my bus panels May need to call you buddy about how to do it when the time comes to panel it up on my bus ---you have me thinking about the VW emblem may need to practice on that one or BUSMAN54 ??? in the door panels ; you have some big panels on the buses.
That sounds great Dan and looking forward to seeing what you design. Sure call anytime. I'm still going to call about the title, just haven't got around to it yet. Thanks Buddy and enjoy your week.
Great video. I have a couple questions. I noticed when you added the second plywood piece; you rolled the edge; but I didn't see where you added any kind of adhesive other than the bottom. Should I assume it is only attached with staples at the bottom and on the back side..?? Also I am curious how you use glue in the spray gun. Does it need to be thinned down or just use it as it comes in the can. Also do you have a video about how to have "holes" in the vinyl for items like armrest or window cranks. Thanks looking forward to a reply. Great video
Don't need to thin the glue , It sprays out easily using the gun. The bottom panel is held on with glue and staples. The bottom has a line of screws across it. You can get a gasket hole punch on Amazon or Ebay to punch hole in the vinyl.
Several months ago I bought some hard board like what your using and I made my own door panels I also used 1/4" foam They came out good but now the glue has weakened and my vinyl is coming loose. I used 3M #77 contact cement aerosol can, I will never use that crappy glue again. So I am going to use Weldwood Landau and trim adhesive from now on. Rusty will it hold up to the Texas heat?
I used a cheap Harbor Freight spray gun cause if it messed up it was no big loss. On air pressure you have to play with pressure and the fan spray you want to get it right, not to hard. The first time I did it I clean it up but the next time I cover the vent and cleaned the tip up and it worked fine the next day. Good luck on your project
Hello , 1/8" plywood , how thick is the landau foam , 1/16" correct ? Because you say after glued & assembled , its 3/16" thick correct ? Awesome video !
@@RustyGlovebox hello , where did you find 1/16" landau foam , i searched internet & could only find 1/8" , that was the thinest i could find . Do you think i could just wrap 3/16" landau without wood board ? Thanks for your help Sir , I really appreciate it very much !
@@fishtheft67 I got mine at our local upholstery shop. They had a role of it. You can use any thickness of foam as long as it is not to thick for your interior door handles to fit properly. It will be hard to get a crisp line on the vinyl without the plywood backer on the foam. Good luck
The landau foam is for cars with vinyl tops. An upholstery shop would have it or you can get it on eBay or Amazon. PE foam is not the same. Thanks and take care
