Lining the interior walls of a transit van.

transit260

Completly new here people,just wondering if you'd have any thoughts on what I could line the walls of the van with to make the interior a little bit better looking.Its plylined all ready and I have 2 rear seperate sections ,both accessable from the side and rear door.I have the floor sorted with rubber mating,its just the walls im thinking of.A free apple to anyone that comes up with a great idea:DIm looking for something washable for the rear and the centre section Im not too pushed about.I transport my dogs in the rear section,along with dead rabbits and ferrets and other various deceased creatures.I was considering pvc soffett like they use on the house fronts.ANY IDEAS?

vectra

Seal the whole rear section with Fibreglass... Wash it out when you like then

transit260

Where can this be goten vectra?Is it bought in sheet form or liquid form?

vectra

transit260 wrote: »

Where can this be goten vectra?Is it bought in sheet form or liquid form?

You would have to buy it in sheet form and mix the resin and paint it on to it. Slow job to do several coats but would be a permanent job done for you.

Where to get large sheets/resin..??

The only place I could suggest is a boat builder or similar.?

transit260

I think I'll try to think of some other way of doing it,thanks for the info guys,maybe just paint the ply but Id rather have a more robust solution.

vectra

transit260 wrote: »

I think I'll try to think of some other way of doing it,thanks for the info guys,maybe just paint the ply but Id rather have a more robust solution.

Trust me
Fiberglassing that would be not too unlike painting it.
Would be a super job

Poly

I can apply a polyurea coating, this will protect and waterproof the rear of the van.
It's a very tough plastic like coating that's sprayed on.
It's one of the toughest coatings in the world.

Pm me if you need more info
www.polyurea.ie

Melodeon

Short of splashing acid about, blood is about as corrosive a substance as you could put on the steel bodywork of the van.
If you're going to be carrying recently deceased animals on anything other than a very occasional basis (and immediately washing it out scrupulously at that), you're really going to have to create a totally sealed 'tub' that allows no possibility of leakage and which can be easily and quickly hosed off.
Tanking out the load space of the van in fibreglass would probably be the best job, but it'd be a pretty messy and complex job, especially if you have never worked with the material before, and getting it out again would be nigh on impossible.
Would you be able to work with a plastic liner or removable tub of some sort? There are a few outfits supplying these for all sorts of vehicles.
Other options would be the like of Rhinoliner or Protactakote or the like, but I don't know of anyone doing these in Ireland.


edited to add:
I see from the post above that there IS someone doing that sort of thing here

Eric Cartman

rhino liner

they do spray on liner for the back of pickups, i assume they could help you out. easier than fibreglass and perfectly powerhoseable to clean