Door Pannel Recovering

Vanished · Post by **Vanished** » February 9th, 2006, 12:26 am

hey guys thanks for the info. This is great keep it comming.

GChristian, i like the door panels, they look very good. I defantly want fabric tho...keeps my arm cozy haha...

ovendenk, i can't wati to see your door panels man..i saw your seats, they look fricken sweet.

Taras: You out there man? If you are, ask the guy who did yours what glue he used..they look amazing. Ask him how he did it tooo.

Perhaps sticky this?

monty73741 · Post by **monty73741** » February 11th, 2006, 10:51 am

this is old skool but this is jeff abrams DIY

http://www.mazdamaniac.com/oldsite/interior/doors.htm

ovendenk · Post by **ovendenk** » February 12th, 2006, 1:16 am

hey, just got one of mine done today. i also did my headliner with black suede.

Vanished · Post by **Vanished** » February 12th, 2006, 2:31 pm

Ovendenk thats fricken sweet. But the real question is:

How did you do it? Please explaine...

ovendenk · Post by **ovendenk** » February 12th, 2006, 3:00 pm

Vanished wrote:Ovendenk thats fricken sweet. But the real question is:

How did you do it? Please explaine...

thanks. to be honest, it's not tremendously difficult, but you have to take your time with it. took me almost 2 hours for this panel because i didn't wanna screw it up. i used 3m hi-strength 90 spray adhesive.

quick how to if you wanna call it that. make sure to use a towel or something to press down the material with to help apply even pressure.
1. mask off door panel to protect from overspray
2. light coat of adhesive on panel and back of material to prep the surfaces.
3. start near the middle by spraying some adhesive and putting down the material.
4. make sure your material will cover the entire panel and if not, lift and replace the material until you have proper starting placement.
5. work outwards by spraying adhesive and forcing material into the grooves. the adhesive has a bit of play time where you can quickly lift the material and replace it if you get wrinkles or something. just do a bit at a time, trying to glue the whole thing in one shot can only spell disaster.
6. once you are done, go around edges, lift material, spray a little adhesive, and try and get the material to go down into the groove..
7.i got some piping to press into the outer crack to help clean the edges up. it just gets glued in the crack with super glue.

btw, i used a clean white rag and varsol to clean any glue that seeped through the material. the rag absorbs the glue and the varsol will evaporate.

thanks perry and taras for everything.

Jettblackcat · Post by **Jettblackcat** » February 12th, 2006, 8:38 pm

Hey, kick-a$$ job..

.. Question: did you peel off the old crap first, or just lay the new over top?

ovendenk · Post by **ovendenk** » February 12th, 2006, 9:20 pm

Jettblackcat wrote:Hey, kick-a$$ job.. .. Question: did you peel off the old crap first, or just lay the new over top?

thanks a lot. hopefully my interior will be done soon.

put it over the old stuff. having a material like that gives great adhesion for long life, but i can slightly feel the old material when i rub the new stuff. i dunno. i'm 90% satisfied with the outcome. still got the driver's door and rear panels to do. we'll see how they go.

Vanished · Post by **Vanished** » February 13th, 2006, 2:07 am

K man that looks amazing. The stuff you had before wasn't the smooth black stuff hey? It was the ugly purpel tweed? Interesting that you stuck on to another. Looks very nice. Thanks for the info.

Anybody else? Oh and to the admins, sticky this thread.