Make Interior Door Panels

But using some readily available components you can achieve professional looking results.

Make interior door panels. Wood for styles and rails calculate this based on the size and number of doors. Pull out the hand planes and. 3 8 foot plain 1 wide trim boards. Mark simpson demonstrates on a 1962 oldsmobile door panel how to create custom car door panels using abs board and pre sewn top stitch panels from ez boy interiors.

Most interior doors today are made from a material called masonite which is a kind of wood fiberboard that is steam cooked and pressure molded onto a thin wood frame to create a slab door that has an appearance of a door with rails stiles and panels. Style refers to the vertical pieces rails mean the horizontal pieces dowels for the joints in my case i used 8 1 2 x 3 per door blue painters tape. Use a multi purpose cleaner and. To make the holes i used a gasket punch at first and for the larger holes but for small door panel clip holes i just drilled 1 2 holes like the original had and cleaned the edge with a sharp knife.

The first thing you want to do is clean the door really well. For most classic car restorers sewing together upholstery is an unlearned skill. The benefit of these doors is that they are cheap stable and easy to paint. This series of videos will walk you through building custom interior door panels.

Decide on panel type. Place one 48 by 48 by 1 8 inch hardboard on a worktable. However with a little instruction and a broad selection of car interior upholstery parts the task is made easier than you might think. 3 8 foot wall trim boards.

Attach the smooth side of the traced piece of hardboard to the smooth side of the other piece with clamps. Interior doors are usually 1 3 8 thick. Flat panel door makeover instructions. How to build your own car door panels step 1.

Building an interior door. Set an old door panel on the hardboard and trace its. Next you need to decide which type of paneling you want your door to have. This is part one of hagan street rods modular door panel system.

I build mine by laminating two pieces of 3 4. I own a 6 jointer but the rails on this door are 8. Remove the clamps. Part one the frame clamps clamps and more clamps.

This film will teach you how to design construct and upholster your own auto door panels.