Hi from a gmc newbie, but veteran of camper gutting.
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Yes, the drawers and doors on kitchen and hallway clothes drawers and cabinet doors. Everything else, bathroom door, walls and closet door and walls got paint. The overhead cabinets also got paint but a slightly darker tone. Really wasn’t so expensive that you would think. When you paint the vermica you want to use a bonding primer first then your paint. Anyhow, came all together pretty good I thought. Definitely not to gut if you can. Was a big enough job as it was. Oh, and the fridge doors and vacuum, or what was the vacuum storage door got wood as well.
TG
Looks great. I just need to be sure there aren’t any creatures behind The headliner.
Thank you. Yes, those little buggers get everywhere in mine too. I store it at a private RV storage area that’s next to a farmers crop field so they got it cozy in mine. Gotta find another spot to store but the people are so nice and its on there property so no vandalism. Anyhow,
good luck with things.
One more tidbit on ceiling, on curve portions I took my circular saw and set the depth so it just cut the first lamination of the back side. I did this every 1/2” or so to allow the material to bend the curve. If you do this check settings on saw on scrap piece first, speaking from my dumb experience there!
TG
Installing a new headliner was one of the first projects that I undertook when I got my GMC back in 1998. The OEM headliner was some sort of cardboard with an insulated vinyl glued to it.
I took all the cabinets down and and the existing headliner. As a replacement, I bought sheets of 1/8" luan plywood and used spray on contact cement to glue pieces of material I bought from Guske (who also sold me day/night shades). Guske's were GMC owners themselves.
The material I used was similar to this:
The old headliner I used as a pattern. I had to jack up the ceiling in order to fit the fabric covered plywood over the bathroom, closet etc. modules.
So far, after almost 25 years, the headliner and the day/night shades have held up and still look pretty good.
Some get ambitious and install a wood headliner. I wasn't that ambitious.
Looks good to me. May do this under the windows walls. Had to pull out the wood cuz of window leak.Installing a new headliner was one of the first projects that I undertook when I got my GMC back in 1998. The OEM headliner was some sort of cardboard with an insulated vinyl glued to it.
I took all the cabinets down and and the existing headliner. As a replacement, I bought sheets of 1/8" luan plywood and used spray on contact cement to glue pieces of material I bought from Guske (who also sold me day/night shades). Guske's were GMC owners themselves.
The material I used was similar to this:
View attachment 7885
The old headliner I used as a pattern. I had to jack up the ceiling in order to fit the fabric covered plywood over the bathroom, closet etc. modules.
So far, after almost 25 years, the headliner and the day/night shades have held up and still look pretty good.
Some get ambitious and install a wood headliner. I wasn't that ambitious.
TG
What kind of glue you use for this? I know Jim Bounds recommended something in his interior video.Installing a new headliner was one of the first projects that I undertook when I got my GMC back in 1998. The OEM headliner was some sort of cardboard with an insulated vinyl glued to it.
I took all the cabinets down and and the existing headliner. As a replacement, I bought sheets of 1/8" luan plywood and used spray on contact cement to glue pieces of material I bought from Guske (who also sold me day/night shades). Guske's were GMC owners themselves.
The material I used was similar to this:
View attachment 7885
The old headliner I used as a pattern. I had to jack up the ceiling in order to fit the fabric covered plywood over the bathroom, closet etc. modules.
So far, after almost 25 years, the headliner and the day/night shades have held up and still look pretty good.
Some get ambitious and install a wood headliner. I wasn't that ambitious.
I like it. In the area above the entry door, it looks like your coaxed a nice curvature of if the material. Looks good, nicely done. I don't think I've seen that bead board for sale with the poly on the front already.
Here's what individual t&g beadboard planks did below the windows in our newly acquired coach. I don't think it was direct water contact necessarily, but probably high humidity for several months while it sat in an auction yard all winter. I'd say each plank was about 4 inches wide? They sure went full accordion mode. Hopefully I can tear them off and space them a little better without having to start over.
Jim Bounds' interior video uses
DAP Weldwood Landau Top & Trim HHR Solvent Type Spray Grade Contact Adhesive.
Yeah, that looks bad. Mine did not do that. Seems like I got the top of my sheet tucked under the bottom of the window which help keep it in place and I also screwed it several spots to the wall studs. But am liking the idea of using the carpeting type material under the windows instead.
With mine when I bought it the engine and transmission were just rebuilt. All the rest of it was original but showing age. So I stripped down the interior and redid it to use for weekend fishing and camping trips. What we did was minimal cost compared to other repairs. The most expensive part of it was the air conditioner and furnace purchase and fresh water tank.
I got mine from Menards here in KC. The sheets have nice wood patterns and a nice high gloss poly finish on one side. I did have to replace sheets around the fantastic fans because of leaks around there. So the material will resist some water leakage but does eventually shows damage if leaking persist, (my bad on not getting to that quicker). But the sheet comes down easy and can be replaced.
I suppose this happens with any material put up there.
TG
If you use a wood product for the headliner or walls, like sheets of luan or that beadboard panel above, I would coat the top surface and edges with a couple coats of exterior grade paint. That way, when water inevitably gets on it, it doesn't immediately ruin it.
So would like to go this direction for my under window wall finish and was thinking of using a water resistant panel with this carpeted material glued to it, something like the panel material used in a shower? Would that be a viable way to go?Installing a new headliner was one of the first projects that I undertook when I got my GMC back in 1998. The OEM headliner was some sort of cardboard with an insulated vinyl glued to it.
I took all the cabinets down and and the existing headliner. As a replacement, I bought sheets of 1/8" luan plywood and used spray on contact cement to glue pieces of material I bought from Guske (who also sold me day/night shades). Guske's were GMC owners themselves.
The material I used was similar to this:
View attachment 7885
The old headliner I used as a pattern. I had to jack up the ceiling in order to fit the fabric covered plywood over the bathroom, closet etc. modules.
So far, after almost 25 years, the headliner and the day/night shades have held up and still look pretty good.
Some get ambitious and install a wood headliner. I wasn't that ambitious.
TG
FRP is certainly an option.
I used plastic cardboard, it's cheap and light and easy to work with. I would use 16 ga aluminum sheet metal if I had to do it again.
Lots of folks use FRP for ceilings and it would work for the walls too.
I used this stuff. Worked great on both walls and ceiling. Got it at Menards but don't know if it is still available.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/g4446-new-ceilings-or-headliner.html
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/g4446-new-ceilings-or-headliner.html
