Make Interior Door Panels

This film will teach you how to design construct and upholster your own auto door panels.

Make interior door panels.

For most classic car restorers sewing together upholstery is an unlearned skill. Place one 48 by 48 by 1 8 inch hardboard on a worktable. Decide on panel type. 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.

Wood for styles and rails calculate this based on the size and number of doors. 2 part epoxy resin glue and microfiber thickener. Next you need to decide which type of paneling you want your door to have. 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. I build mine by laminating two pieces of 3 4. 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. 3 8 foot wall trim boards.

This is part one of hagan street rods modular door panel system. How to build your own car door panels step 1. Part one the frame clamps clamps and more clamps. Hgtv home by sherwin williams infinity interior paint and primer.

Interior doors are usually 1 3 8 thick. Building a show quality interior to match the rest of your build can be a daunting task. Pull out the hand planes and. 3 8 foot plain 1 wide trim boards.

Building an interior door. This series of videos will walk you through building custom interior door panels. I own a 6 jointer but the rails on this door are 8. Attach the smooth side of the traced piece of hardboard to the smooth side of the other piece with clamps.

But using some readily available components you can achieve professional looking results. Remove the clamps. However with a little instruction and a broad selection of car interior upholstery parts the task is made easier than you might think. The first thing you want to do is clean the door really well.

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.