Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Have you looked in your yellow pages under Lumber Stores , not Home Center stores?

I got 1/8" mahogany at our local Forest Lumber here in OKC. There's another place, Hope Lumber that could get it. I got 4x8 sheets for about $10 each. I put two layers, the first with Liquid Nails/Loctite adhesive and brads. Then the second layer , with grain in the opposite direction and adhere'd that with contact cement - man did it stick !!! be careful !! and brads. It has done well so far , but hasn't traveled.

If I had a way to bring it to Louisiana, I could bring it to you! but it won't fit in my Honda!

Good luck....

Update:

still calling around...hit the yellow pages now and I'm about 15 distributors in w/ NO prevail

Most say they can't get it...others don't want to order a small quanity of it...

Have some leads on some yards in N'awlins (New Orleans) but that's about 100-120 miles away, which isn't traffic time but if it's a last resort...then, eh? What can I do?

Maybe you should post something on the Louisiana Campout thread for the end of this month, and I'm sure someone coming from TX or Ark or OK with a truck or van could bring it to ya!!!

I would, but don't have a way to haul it.

Not to Hijack this thread, but, with the 1/8" thick stuff on the inside, is there a chance one could dent or crack it with a misplaced elbow?

Oh gosh, I set myself up with this question . I can just hear (see) the replies now... be good boy's

Mk

Mary, are you planning on getting roudy???

1/8 th may be called Vitriole (spelling) instead of luan. I got 1/8 birch but had to get a distributor in KS to get it. Have you asked the cabinett shops?

Also you need to make sure they know you want Birch not Baltic Birch. They get confused. Or --- like Julie said have it hauled in.

Miriam C. wrote:Mary, are you planning on getting roudy???

And I told the Boy's to be good!!!

One can alway hope!

Mk

I'm always banging my side walls (1/8 birch). No dents yet. And beings how I can't stand in my Teardrop, my elbows will never hit the roof (maybe my head). But I got the good stuff from a lumber store and paid more than $12 a sheet. Why any one uses 1/4" for thier interior/exterior skin is beyond me. They apparently don't understand strength.

Have a good day.

The elephant has to sleep outside.

Mary K wrote:

Miriam C. wrote:Mary, are you planning on getting roudy???

And I told the Boy's to be good!!!

One can alway hope!

Mk

Mary, some things should not be resisted.

I just wanted you to know the girls were good too.

I used 1/8th inch mahogany luan on my inside ceiling, and it has not been a problem.
jplock

Miriam C.

Have you asked the cabinett shops?

I might have found some at a cabinet shop
Going there tomorrow to check it out!!!
Thanks....everyone

I'll let you know how it turns out...

Hello All,
Found some at a local cabinet shop....1/8" Birch & 1/8" Lauan...actually they had quite a bit of nice ply...
I went with the birch $17 a sheet (in my opinion looks nicer)....the Lauan was $11 a sheet (4x8)

Only had to call about 30 places....

Git R Dun.
Glad to hear you found what you needed. I found the Birch cracked less than the luan and made a tighter curve. Only paid $14.50 but that may reflect the source and the fuel surcharge.
Enjoy

My roof is actually two layers of 1/8" on top, then 3/4" foam insulation AND 1/2" foam insulation then one layer of 1/8" for the ceiling.
Everything went on and bent pretty well. The inside was harder of course and I used a deadman kind of thing to put some pressure so the adhesive would stick well. I haven't traveled or slept in it yet.

We'll see in two weeks!!!

Glad you found the supply !!

I used 1/8" birch on the interior ceiling and 2 layers of 1/8" luan on the roof. On the outside, I probably could have gotten away with just one layer since I have aluminum but if you are leaving the wood, 2 layers isn't a bad idea.