What material on ceiling with bend in front of camper??

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oldfarmall
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1965 Layton Cabover 16 foot

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What material on ceiling with bend in front of camper?? May 29, 2015 11:15:58 GMT -8

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Post by oldfarmall on May 29, 2015 11:15:58 GMT -8

Hello-

I have a 16 foot 1965 Layton cabover camper I am fixing up. There was some water damage around the front window in the upper cabover part. I need to replace a portion of the ceiling and down past the front window. What material can I get that will make this bend? The old ceiling material looked like 1/8" thick heavy cardboard material. Will luan board bend this much? Thanks in advance for any help.

-Jesse

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What material on ceiling with bend in front of camper?? May 29, 2015 13:37:21 GMT -8

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Post by RinTin on May 29, 2015 13:37:21 GMT -8

Hi Jesse, Welcome to VTT.

It depends on how tight a radius you have. Typically in our vintage trailers we use 1/8" birch plywood. Luan will likely make the bend but is a not a very good choice as it is inherently weak and does not hold up to moisture well at all. By your description, I would guess a type of fiberboard was originally used.

You can maybe use 1/8" tempered harboard and paint it. It is much stronger than Luan, but suffers from exposure to moisture unless a water resistant type is used. I do not know if 1/8" water resistant tempered hardboard is available as I have never had need for it.

Greg

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