| Overhead Cabinet Repair [message #342384] |
Mon, 08 April 2019 17:53  |
westlanddave78
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Hi all. I'm looking for any hints, tips or techniques that will help me repair or rebuild the overhead cabinets in my 75 Palm Beach. I want to maintain the original louvered fronts but the backs are separating from the upper bracing and/or the bottoms are falling out. I've tried gluing them back together, but the particle board is just too weak. Thanks in advance. Dave
Dave P.
Westland, MI
75 Palm Beach
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| Re: [GMCnet] Overhead Cabinet Repair [message #342387 is a reply to message #342384] |
Mon, 08 April 2019 18:19  |
Len Novak
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I bought a gun cabinet (an optional cabinet) that goes over the dinette.
When it left the shipper (salvage yard) it was intact, when it got here it
was in pieces except for the doors.
Take pics and measurements, lots of them.
Don't use particle board. Ever.
Match with available wood as best as you can.
Have patience, lots of patience.
We disassembled everything and used the original parts as templates as best
we could.
Back to that patience thing.
Neither myself, or my granddaughter are woodworkers are carpenters.
We rebuilt the entire cabinet in about two weeks, part time.
Somewhere there are pics on the GMC Photo Site.
Thanks,
Len and Pat Novak
1978 GMC Kingsley
The Beast II with dash lights that work and labels you can see!
Fallbrook, CA new email: B52Rule@Roadrunner.Com
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=4375
www.bdub.net/novak/
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Subject: [GMCnet] Overhead Cabinet Repair
Hi all. I'm looking for any hints, tips or techniques that will help me
repair or rebuild the overhead cabinets in my 75 Palm Beach. I want to
maintain the original louvered fronts but the backs are separating from the
upper bracing and/or the bottoms are falling out. I've tried gluing them
back together, but the particle board is just too weak. Thanks in advance.
Dave
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Dave P.
Westland, MI
75 Palm Beach
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Len and Pat Novak
1978 GMC Kingsley
The Beast II with dash lights that work and labels you can see!
Las Vegas, NV new email: B52sRule@Gmail.com
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=4375
www.bdub.net/novak/
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| Re: [GMCnet] Overhead Cabinet Repair [message #342389 is a reply to message #342387] |
Mon, 08 April 2019 19:10 |
kerry pinkerton
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I spent a good bit of time rebuilding cabinets. They looked great but every time you'd shut the door, a little sawdust would fall down. A plague of locusts on the inventor of particle board! Btw, MDF (Medium Density Fiberboard) is NOT particle board and doesn't turn to dust when it gets wet.
I gave up and made aluminum overhead cabinets.
Kerry Pinkerton - North Alabama
Had 5 over the years. Currently have a '06 Fleetwood Discovery 39L
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| Re: [GMCnet] Overhead Cabinet Repair [message #342391 is a reply to message #342389] |
Mon, 08 April 2019 20:02 |
James Hupy
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Particle board is the materiel that we (timber producing states out West)
used to burn to heat our dry kilns, generate steam to run sawmill engines,
make fireplace logs out of, etc. Clamp downs on burning led to huge
stockpiles of wood waste that accumulated around every sawmill in the West.
Bright, ecology minded college students studying to be engineers came up
with the idea of chipping that waste into similar sized particles, aligning
them all the same way, and subjecting them to extreme heat (enough to melt
the natural resins) and pressure to make up boards. There are a number of
grades of the crap, some with added waterproof glues and resins (Outdoor
grade) and a number of different interior grades using natural resins
(pitch) that have little, if any resistance to water, have been made.
(Think Louisiana Pacific siding that crumbled and fell apart and grew
mushrooms)
The stuff is pretty much all unsuited for cabinets. Hell, with all the
retardants they mix in the stuff, it will hardly burn. Don't waste time
even considering using it. It's only positive use is to lay flat on muddy
ground to drive forklifts on. My opinion, yours might vary.
Jim Hupy
On Mon, Apr 8, 2019, 5:33 PM Kerry Pinkerton via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> I spent a good bit of time rebuilding cabinets. They looked great but
> every time you'd shut the door, a little sawdust would fall down. A plague
> of
> locusts on the inventor of particle board! Btw, MDF (Medium Density
> Fiberboard) is NOT particle board and doesn't turn to dust when it gets wet.
>
> I gave up and made aluminum overhead cabinets.
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> Kerry Pinkerton - North Alabama
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> Had 5 over the years. Currently have a '06 Fleetwood Discovery 39L
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| Re: [GMCnet] Overhead Cabinet Repair [message #342403 is a reply to message #342384] |
Tue, 09 April 2019 12:56 |
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Tangerine
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On 4/8/2019 6:53 PM, David Pilon via Gmclist wrote:
> Hi all. I'm looking for any hints, tips or techniques that will help me repair or rebuild the overhead cabinets in my 75 Palm Beach. I want to
> maintain the original louvered fronts but the backs are separating from the upper bracing and/or the bottoms are falling out. I've tried gluing them
> back together, but the particle board is just too weak. Thanks in advance. Dave
Hi Dave
I had a cabinet fall apart. All the glued areas came apart. I removed
the staples and cleaned up the matting area. Then used super glue.
$60.00 worth of super glue. It would soak in and soak in each time I
applied it. Eventually it stopped soaking in and would show a little
bead of glue. It has held up for years now. Are you guys going to be
camping with us this month?
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Gary W. Mills
Livonia, MI
. ___________
./_][__][] []| 1974 GMC M/H
.*O-------OO-* Painted Desert
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