Wood cladding on curved surfaces in campervan?

[bezza7]

I am looking to buy a campervan and I want to put wood on the ceilings and walls- either tongue and groove or floor boards. Is it posible to fit this kind of wood on curved surfaces. Below are two images of the kinds of vans I'm interested in.

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• bezza7
• 26 Apr 2008
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• bezza7
• 26 Apr 2008
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Would it feasible in either of these interiors. If so what would I need to do?

Any advice greatefully received.

Mike

 

[big-all]

problems you may have

you will drasticly increase the weight of the vehicle

you will have difficulty fixing to what is probably 3mm ply and may pull the interior off the van

if you do go ahead with wood you will need to sellect you cladding carefully and choose stuff thats cupping nicely but you can only use this trick in one dimention at a time
this would preclude the use battons and would require the use of no nails or simmilar but again at the risk of pulling down the interiour

you can get plastic cladding thats a lot lighter but won't bend uniformly/evenly accross the plank

i personaly would go for a good clean and a coat of paint

 

[bezza7]

Thanks big-all

I fairly sure it can be done without destroying the interior as I have seen it done before.

Here is an example from another vehicle

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• bezza7
• 26 Apr 2008
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It looks pretty sweet and I'd love to do something like this with a bigger vehicle. Anyone any ideas?

 

[big-all]

you realy need to find the supports and decide what they are made from and how wide they are !!!

for example if they are aluminium you can drill a 4mm hole and use no6x3/4"screws through the face off 9mm cladding

if they are wooden you could pin through the tounge with 1" pins in a pin gun backed up with a bit off gripfill/no nails/ect