I wanna be laminated - Best Cabinet Laminate FAQ

31swford · Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:49 pm Post subject:

What is the current best available match for early westy laminates? Castle Oak by Wilsonart?

notchboy · Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:56 pm Post subject:

Good question Think

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Red Fau Veh · Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:49 am Post subject:

So what glue are you folks using? I see notchbay uses the 3M spray, I used it too and it is awesome. I also have this Dan Tack spray, it is very good glue, fast and strong. I fixed curled corners of a westy cabinet and it worked great.
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notchboy · Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:24 am Post subject:

I used the roll on kind but I like the 3m Super. There are several places in my 77 that need to be redone. Due to my inexperience using the roll stuff id guess. To much-to little, didnt let it cure....

For me 3m fixes that.
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obnoxiousblue · Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:51 pm Post subject:

This thread is awesome, I'm preparing to embark on the re-laminate project! Thanks for the read!
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Ernie Punkin · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 5:02 pm Post subject:

Anyone have experience with these products? It's not too hard to get things shipped from UK so these are an interesting option.

http://nlavw.com/gb/interior/198-westfalia-interior-panel-for-berlin-7-piece-set.html

"Identical reproduction Westfalia interior panels for Berlin 7 piece set.
it is made of 3mm plywood with Westfalia late bay laminate."
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notchboy · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 5:14 pm Post subject:

Yes a couple of us have.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7362976#7362976

I havnt installed my panels yet but they look as close to stock as possible.
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PITApan · Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 2:35 am Post subject:

eche_bus · Samba Member Joined: October 07, 2007 Posts: 1318

DougB

Hey all,

Quick question...for those redoing cabinets with readily available laminates like Glamour Cherry, are you using standard (thick) sheets or the thinner "vertical grade" stuff? I just did a test over the weekend with 1/8" thick backing and a vertical grade laminate and yielded a few panels with nearly the same thickness as my stock panel (so slotting the new panel at the top on the slider door was easy).

Anyway, just wondering...thanks!

- Doug
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Busdepot · Samba Member Joined: March 24, 2004 Posts: 1314

We are now stocking late Westy laminate (for '74-up) in several versions. I only have a few of each...

Complete pre-cut kit for the walls, rear hatch, and sliding door:
http://www.busdepot.com/231898234

Sliding Door Panel Only:
http://www.busdepot.com/231898235

Laminate sheet (can be cut to replace laminate on cabinet door faces, etc.):
http://www.busdepot.com/231898230
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Busdepot · Samba Member Joined: March 24, 2004 Posts: 1314

WildIdea

Great thread!

I'm going through my cabinetry myself as my garage isn't heated and it's single digits outside. Everything but the sink is in my house and I'm going through each piece getting it tightened up.

My sage green 1977 bus has all the pieces accept the large table. I may try to find an original but I'm thinking I'll make something custom, may be more fun...

So I'm calling this laminate "sprung" on the corners and I'm basically glueing them back down and repairing chips instead of replacing the entire sections. God bless the folks doing this, it's huge amount of work. For me I'd rather stick with original lam with blemishes instead of perfect lam that is not. Thankfully my bus wasn't too far gone and I'm happy living with its "honest" wear..

Mostly I wanted to share, without sharing picture, which I will try soon, I'm using a high quality super glue made for prepping fossils and glueing rock together. A lot of tape and camps. The smaller pieces that are missing get built up with another fossil prep putty and painted with acrylic artist paint to match the wood grain. You guesses it, the same as fossil prep....I'm clashing my fossil guys into my motor head guys and they're pleased to watch me geak out on the details, but I see by this thread I'm not alone. lol:

I'm preparing to attempt dash crack repairs too, accept with texture transfer molds for the filler.

notchboy

I too gained some knowledge from this thread. It gave me the initial info to get started. Without it I wouldn't of thought to relam myself. Now I don't think twice about it and think it no big deal.

Ive recently finished the panels. When I did my first big push to get the cabinets done, I lived in San Antonio and was a week away from moving back to Seattle. So the panels were just stained real quick. This last summer - what 5 years later I got around to the panels Rolling Eyes

But I also finished the westy box and the dash table Cool

Looking good and finished now.

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cv66seabear

Yes I know this is an old thread - I'm looking at buying veneer from Oakwood Veneer as the cabinets in my 79 Westy are peeling like bananas! (Arizona heat - PO). So I'm wondering if I buy the 22 mil veneer, is that comparable to the old veneer (laminate)? Also:
II'm looking for 2 threads:
the first was step by step how to remove the cabinets and in what order; and the second was a lot about removing laminate (which I thought was this thread)

Does anyone know where these threads are? (I have the worst luck searching for threads.)

Thanks,
Kent
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This post has some good info about cabinet repairs and laminate removal:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...;start=260

And this one is good for cabinet removal:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=291736

A good tip for searching is use google. If you type site:thesamba.com and then what you are looking for google will only search thesamba.com for relevant info. Much easier than built in search feature of this site. You can also just use key words in the search on google.

Ex: site:thesamba.com bay window cabinet removal

Also if you add bay window, beetle, split window, vanagon, etc. for a keyword you can further narrow down the search within thesamba.com. Hope that helps for the future.
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