Make Interior Door Panels

For most classic car restorers sewing together upholstery is an unlearned skill.

Make interior door 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. Wood for styles and rails calculate this based on the size and number of doors. 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. Interior doors are usually 1 3 8 thick.

Pull out the hand planes and. Flat panel door makeover instructions. 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. Attach the smooth side of the traced piece of hardboard to the smooth side of the other piece with clamps.

I build mine by laminating two pieces of 3 4. Part one the frame clamps clamps and more clamps. Set an old door panel on the hardboard and trace its. Place one 48 by 48 by 1 8 inch hardboard on a worktable.

2 part epoxy resin glue and microfiber thickener. This series of videos will walk you through building custom interior door panels. 3 8 foot plain 1 wide trim boards. I own a 6 jointer but the rails on this door are 8.

Use a multi purpose cleaner and. Building an interior door. Building a show quality interior to match the rest of your build can be a daunting task. Next you need to decide which type of paneling you want your door to have.

But using some readily available components you can achieve professional looking results. The first thing you want to do is clean the door really well. How to build your own car door panels step 1. This film will teach you how to design construct and upholster your own auto door panels.

Decide on panel type. The benefit of these doors is that they are cheap stable and easy to paint. However with a little instruction and a broad selection of car interior upholstery parts the task is made easier than you might think. This is part one of hagan street rods modular door panel system.

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.