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Location: Alabama | I'm converting my DR to LQ and am wondering what to use for my ceiling. It is a steel trailer that I've insulated and stripped. I plan on using 1/4" wood panels for the walls and then either paint or use wall paper but I don't know what material to use for the ceiling. Any thoughts will be greatly appreciated.
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Location: Grant Twp., MI | Hi - we used a really neat product that we bought at Lowe's - it was in the Kitchen Design area - it looks like PRESSED TIN - and comes in about 4 or 5 different shades - and it is glued on and also has matching moldings, switch plate covers, etc.....really classy looking. It comes in approximate sizes 18" x 24" - and is a light-weight plastic type of material. We used it as a back splash around the stove and sinks - but I think it could be glued to a ceiling. |
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Location: Alabama | Sounds interesting. Do you have any pictures you could send me? |
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Location: Holland, Tx | this stuff??? http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=240793-82801-B50-21&lpage=none I was considering doing my ceiling with this (http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=57786-122-682871&lpage=none), but someone else's post somewhere about moisture inside of LQ's and using this stuff kinda scared me, so I am going to use the same wood planks for my ceiling as I do for my walls, but in a different direction. |
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Location: western PA | Originally written by Mandi/Abby on 2008-02-26 2:34 PM so I am going to use the same wood planks for my ceiling as I do for my walls, but in a different direction. /QUOTE] If you plan on installing unfinished wood planks and want to finish them later, it would be best to prefinish the backside of the planks prior to installation. With only one side of the wood finished, it will absorb moisture and the surfaces will expand and contract at different rates, causing warping. Gard |
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Location: MS | I used that pressed tin stuff for the backsplash in my trailer. Nice to work with, and looks great! It isn't real cheap, so a ceiling may be spendy. But the look sure would be ritzy! 35
Now all I need to find is a cheap copper sink. 52 |
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Location: Holland, Tx | Originally written by Linda Y on 2008-02-26 6:10 PM
Now all I need to find is a cheap copper sink. I wanted to find one too, but it just didn't seem to happen. |
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Location: Home of Wild Turkey Whiskey | Originally written by Linda Y on 2008-02-26 6:10 PM
I used that pressed tin stuff for the backsplash in my trailer. Nice to work with, and looks great! It isn't real cheap, so a ceiling may be spendy. But the look sure would be ritzy! 35 Now all I need to find is a cheap copper sink. 52 I've used a couple of these sinks with good luck, a normal stainless sink will be $60 so it's a little more but not bad. http://cgi.ebay.com/17-ROUND-COPPER-BATH-BAR-SINK-HAMMERED-MEXICAN_W0QQitemZ270213726258QQihZ017QQcategoryZ71283QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Here is a picture of one of them. 
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Location: Home of Wild Turkey Whiskey | I just went out and took this picture, it is of the copper backsplash stuff, with soft wall material on either side. I made the trim that hold the rope lights to finish it out with. 
Well it's not showing up very well but hopefully you get the idea.
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Location: Manitoba, Canada | HW - what did you use for the soft ceiling fabric in that picture, and did you attach the rope lights with the little plastic clips that they come with, or use a different method? |
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Location: Home of Wild Turkey Whiskey | Originally written by TPenning on 2008-02-28 2:23 PM
HW - what did you use for the soft ceiling fabric in that picture, and did you attach the rope lights with the little plastic clips that they come with, or use a different method? I buy the soft wall material(wall vinyl) from Jazz Sales. The rope lights come with a tab on one side so you can staple it down, the trim I made myself with a wood shaper. |
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Location: Holland, Tx | wow. That makes me want to take the sink back I already bought (Home Depot) and start over. HWBar - I wish I were half as talented as you are. My trailer is going to look like crap compared to your work. |
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Location: Home of Wild Turkey Whiskey | Originally written by Mandi/Abby on 2008-02-29 3:58 PM wow. That makes me want to take the sink back I already bought (Home Depot) and start over. HWBar - I wish I were half as talented as you are. My trailer is going to look like crap compared to your work. You'll be fine, jsut think outside the box on where to get your supplies, me and you are just the same we are building one off trailers, no assembly lines. |
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Location: washington | I used a thin paneling for the entire inside of my tack room, after I had insulated and did the furring strips. I think thin solid paneling covered with an upholstry would work too, maybe something that looked like leather. You could glue the upholstry to the wood, and then attach to the furring strips on the ceiling. I also saw a trailer with indoor/outdoor carpet attached to thin paneling for walls and ceiling. I have to say the wood paneling in my trailer, walls & ceiling, looked great.
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What to use for my LQ ceiling?
