Make Interior Door Panels

Flat panel door makeover instructions.

Make interior door panels.

I own a 6 jointer but the rails on this door are 8. However with a little instruction and a broad selection of car interior upholstery parts the task is made easier than you might think. Place one 48 by 48 by 1 8 inch hardboard on a worktable. Building an interior door.

2 part epoxy resin glue and microfiber thickener. 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. This film will teach you how to design construct and upholster your own auto door panels. Remove the clamps.

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. Set an old door panel on the hardboard and trace its. Interior doors are usually 1 3 8 thick. Hgtv home by sherwin williams infinity interior paint and primer.

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. This is part one of hagan street rods modular door panel system. This series of videos will walk you through building custom interior door panels. 3 8 foot wall trim boards.

I build mine by laminating two pieces of 3 4. But using some readily available components you can achieve professional looking results. Decide on panel type. How to build your own car door panels step 1.

Part one the frame clamps clamps and more clamps. 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. Building a show quality interior to match the rest of your build can be a daunting task. Pull out the hand planes and.

Use a multi purpose cleaner and. The benefit of these doors is that they are cheap stable and easy to paint. Attach the smooth side of the traced piece of hardboard to the smooth side of the other piece with clamps. 3 8 foot plain 1 wide trim boards.

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