Is their a good book or video or a picture based web page that covers the basics of building interior tweed covered panels, I have been told that is not very hard but I need a little help to get started.

Head on over to Home Depot or Lowes and grab some Tyvek closed cell foam, lay down your base then with the extra pieces lay out your pattern, glue that down then cover (if your going multi color design here lay down your base then cover your second layer with second color, glue that down and so on). Ever since I was told about it by Ed (EdCroozer) here I swear by it. So far I've helped 4 rodders and plan on using it myself some time soon.

Chime on in Ed!
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I went to HD looking for the Tyvek closed cell foam and they laughed at me. Tyvek is a DuPont product and they don't list it anywhere. Do you have a better discription of this product? I'm looking for it.

I'd like to learn more about this product also. I've been curious since Ed mentioned it a few months back.

The only Tyvek product I've seen is the "housewrap" on a roll.

C'mon, Ed -- Please share your knowledge!

Just one Question....
You do want to do a sculpted tweed interior because you like it and not just because it's easy don't you?

To do a really nice design with neat corners that don't pucker or pull out if the recesses is probably as difficult to learn as a traditionally sewn cloth interior.
Also, cloth you can sew on a regular machine... It's just leather and vinyl that are tough to do.

Mike:

There is an excellent video by Sid Chavers, which I highly recommend. You can learn more about it at:
http://www.sidchaverscompany.com/video/video.html

The video is entitled: "Street Rod Interiors - Panels." It shows how to construct panels in four different styles using various materials. I'm sure you will learn techniques or pick-up ideas which you will want to incorporate in your project.

I did my own, headliner and all. I used 1/8" closed cell foam. Honestly, I got mine from work, but, it's the same thing the sell at a n upholstry shop. I have a resource for all the materials, Three rivers supply. They ship UPS, and, they suppply alot of the upholstry shops on the East coast. Phone: 412-462-3900

I used a hard plastic for my backer, rather than that black cardboard. Plastic won't get wet and warp or split. Cut your templates from grocery bags or cardboard first. Cut all of your upholstry with templates. This allows you to fit everything. Remember, you will be adding thickness to these templates, so compensate at the seams. Once you have everything fit, trace your pattern onto your backer. My backer came from Lowe's, in the shower department. A white plastic that's used behind shower walls. Now, with your panel cut out, lay it on the foam, and trace the pattern. Use 3M supper 77 areosol spray glue. spray the foam that you cut out, and allow to set for a minute or two. Lay backer on foam, flip, and press foam into backer. You now have a panel with foam on it. At this point, if you want a design in it, glue your foam pattern to the panel. if not, time to apply tweed. Lay panel on tweed. (backside of tweed) Cut the tweed around the pattern, leaving 3 inches excess around the perimeter. (you will be folding this over the backside) . Once you have the tweed cut, lay it out and spray it with glue, allow to set up, and apply panel. Flip it, and press material into panel. NOTE: Do NOT stretch the tweed, just smooth it. Allow the glue to set up. Next, take and "vee" the corners and any corners of your panel, to allow the tweed to be folded over the backside of the panel. Once everything is "veeed", spray and fold. I used a squeege to get nice sharp, crisp edges. You will need to work on your technique here. The sharper the edge, the neater the appearance. That's pretty much it. Cut, glue, smooth. There are many shortcuts I skipped, but, this should give you the general idea of how
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The stuff we used is the foam board that is used for house insulation. The stuff around here is pink but I have seen it in blue and comes in a couple of different thickneses. It cuts real clean with a razor knife and can be shaped with a plane or a rasp like file.
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The best adhesive to use is landau top adhesive. You can get some at your local trim shop. Load it into one of your primer guns and shoot. That 3M stuff is not too permanant, It releases in damp weather.....Been there. Butcher meat wrapping paper makes the best templates.
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Ed, are you talking about super 77? 'Cause 3M makes a whole bunch of glues. This stuff has held in there for me, and, an upholstry book I read said to use it. I'v had lots of luck with the 3M super 77.
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