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[Lukie-J]

Has anyone recovered their door cards? 

I was thinking of buying a few meters of this:

http://www.ebay.co.u...=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

and having a go with a staple gun! I've currently got the horrible grey velour type material that looks dirty and horrible!

 

Has anyone done anything else with their door cards?

 

Thanks

[jagman.2003]

Nice material.

I've been thinking about changing the grey velour on one of my projects as well.

If the door cards are rough then I might try spraying black or similar.

[Juniors mini]

I made some from scratch, I used vinyl spray Adhesive from B&Q for sticking the front and then hot glue for the back as I had no joy finding staples with 2-3mm legs.

[megamini_jb]

I made my own Pokemon ones for my old mini and currently making some more for my estate :)

As above, I used fabric spray, then iron on tape for fabric around the edges

[stefan5417]

I used material I bought for pennies in Africa and gorilla tape!

[Richie83]

Use contact adhesive. A good one like Trim Fix that can withstand heat.

[Ian Jennings]

i have just done my door cards in this material i put some 5mm foam behind the vinyl to give it some padding, its not quite finished yet tho :)

 

[Tamworthbay]

Use thin marine ply instead of hardboard, or at the very least seal the hardboard with PVA

[screech]

Ask what optimise automotive use to glue theirs- and use something different.
Mine have come unstuck and flap around!

[Lukie-J]

i have just done my door cards in this material i put some 5mm foam behind the vinyl to give it some padding, its not quite finished yet tho :)

 

 

 

Looks brilliant! What adhesive did you use?

[Ian Jennings]

 

i have just done my door cards in this material i put some 5mm foam behind the vinyl to give it some padding, its not quite finished yet tho :)

 

 

 

Looks brilliant! What adhesive did you use?

 

i didn't, just wrapped the material around the door card and stapled it tight it worked a treat i found using an adhesive over time it comes apart and looks bad 

[splintercat]

I agree with using thin exterior ply 3-3.5mm instead of hardboard, that is what I used and then I bought some coffee bean sacks from a guy who works at the docks, they cost me £1 each and took only 1 per doorcard. I used contact adhesive and after ! year now it still looks fine. let me see if I can upload  a piccie.

 

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  wont let me but here is a piccie of the boot just to give you an idea of the material that I used.