I would think that a good grade of marine plywood would hold up well.
If you really wanted to be sure you could use a epoxy system (West
System) like the boat builder do on the plywood.
Cliff Costa
James Barrett wrote:
> Folks,
> I have replaced my interior door panels several times.
> The pressed fiber boards warp after a year or so here in Florida.
> I have used various types of pressed boards, some prepainted,
> some I added plastic sheeting to. Also used thin plywood several
> times. The plywood rots out and comes apart.
> I have consider plexiglas, lexen and aluminum sheet, but
> these would not allow the vinal covering to be stapled. Any one
> found an available material that would last for a long time even
> with rain leaking in? Would like the material to be soft enough
> so I could staple the vinal covering on.
> As I have a Tiger II the interior is the GT version and
> there are iron sheet metal pieces around parts of the edge. These
> also rust out, but I can replace those with stasinless steel. The
> sheet metal pieces are pop riveted on.
>
> I noticed that some of the commerical trash cans outside
> my work are Rubbermaid and appear to be made from a 1/4" thick
> gray plastic that has many swirl marks from the molding process.
> It appears to be soft enough to staple to.
> This stuff looks promising, but I have never seen it in sheet form.
> The trash cans are several years old now and they are still OK.
>
> James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others
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