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Hi I'm looking into stripping and recovering my cupboards in my camper, I've seen this stuff on https://www.vinyldepot.co.uk/extra-stro ... range.html has anyone used that type of thing or got any suggestions of what I can use, the vans in having resto work done and a nice new coat of paint so I want to make the inside look a little newer when she comes back.

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I used a similar product (Maple- type vinyl) when I did this to the furniture on my Holdsworth villa van. It really freshened the look of the furniture in it without costing a fortune too. I also fitted new handles etc so it looked very modern.

You might want to think about a couple of things though, one being it's a good idea to strip the furniture out of the van so as to avoid any gaps due to shrinkage over time etc, and throughly degrease and lightly sand the old surfaces so the new vinyl can stick on nicely. I vacuumed my surfaces too as any little bits on the old surfaces will show through :roll:

Well worth it in my opinion. :ok

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I've used the Vinyl depot stuff very good quality and hard wearing, recommend it.
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That looks great big herb!

Restoman (on here) has my van sorting her out at the moment, I've stripped her inside out and it's all in my garage waiting for me to clean it all up. So should be easier to strip all the old covering off sand it down and start again.

Big herb is the glue on the vinyl strong enough or would it be better add some spray glue to help it stick?

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ChrisTriple wrote:
Big herb is the glue on the vinyl strong enough or would it be better add some spray glue to help it stick?

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Very strong, the smoother/less porous the surface you stick it onto the better the bond.
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Sand it down then and maybe a thin coat of varnish :ok
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dont we get picks of the van and resto :ok
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bigherb wrote:I've used the Vinyl depot stuff very good quality and hard wearing, recommend it.
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Looks brill. Did you paint the white plastic or is it a vinyl wrap?
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Sir Brixalot wrote: Looks brill. Did you paint the white plastic or is it a vinyl wrap?
If you mean the walls this is actually my caravan. the walls are white faced 3mm MDF I had to built a new interior.
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Duh I didn't notice the window is bayed. Thanks for pics - good job
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metalmick8y wrote:dont we get picks of the van and resto :ok
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As soon as I get some yes :ok
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metalmick8y wrote:dont we get picks of the van and resto :ok
mm


Here's a link to pictures so far
https://t25camper.com/the-resto/

I've had a quick play with the new vinyl covering and unless it's 100% smooth it shows every lump and bump, so a lot more varnish and sanding required before I recover the units
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