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On 13 Jul 2003 at 18:28, Widoidricsas@aol.com wrote: > My door panels have been terminally mangled by the dreaded P.O. I am > replacing them with 1/8" plywood with a fine spar varnish inside and out. All the > better to hold those massive 6 1/2" 160 watt sony speakers, my deah. My question > is: any reason not to stick the plastic sheeting to the panel instead of the > door? Seems like any work in the future would need done inside the door anyway. If you're just using nice straight wood panels then you won't have to worry about how the vinyl covering wraps around the back and catches water. Putting the plastic on the back of the panel should be fine, but I'd worry a bit about the possibility that the water would run down the plastic and then roll over to the bottom of the plywood. From there it could wick edgewise into the wood. You might be able to get around this by leaving the plastic at the bottom just a mm longer than the panel. This wouldn't show, but would force the water to drip off there and not get to the wood. There is still some chance that the water could come around the sides and end up on the bottom edge of the plywood, so you had best keep an eye on it. Use exterior grade plywood, as this is glued with waterproof glue. If it were mine, though, I'd not take any chances and glue the plastic to the door. Either way, don't forget to clean out the water drain holes in each door bottom corner. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org