Help covering my oddly shaped box!

[Gaelic Vyk 10+ year member]

hey everyone, n00b here. i built this box a while ago and its been in my truck since then. its 1.75 cubes and sounds great. anyways, i got tired if looking at it ***** and decided to cover it in vynal, but wtf...its so weirdly shaped i have no idea how to do it. how would ya'll suggest to go about this?

oh, and heres a pic of it in the truck for reference (i just cut the front corner off and angled it because it was digging a hole in the back of my seat):

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[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

I'd suggest a tan colored fleckstone paint to match the interior and get around the nightmare of doing vinyl on that thing. Fill in all the screw holes with Bondo, sand it smooth, slap on some primer, then a few coats of fleckstone and you're set.

Nice design/fit btw...

 

[Pimpdaddyq 10+ year member]

Is that, that wood Melamine or something? I've always wanted to try it.. but never have.. hows it work? Looks nice BTW.. I would try the fleckstone as Mlstrass suggested.. good luck!

Andrew

 

[Gaelic Vyk 10+ year member]

i dont know what melamine is, but that stuff is just vynal coated 3/4 MDF. it was the only stuff lowes had at the time. like i said, its been workin and soundin great for almost 2 years.

i hadnt thought about fleckstone paint. i thought maybe to fiberglass and paint it, but i would have rather vynal covered it because im also recovering my seats in the same vynal with red suede inserts to match the outside color of the truck. so how well will that fleckstone paint paint stick to the box? ive seen that stuff flake off other surfaces before, like formica. the outside of the box isnt porous because of the vynal coating, and its a major PITA to scrape that stuff off.

also, thanks for the props on the design. lotta measuring, but it fit on the first try //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

that would be pretty easy to cover in non backed carpet.

and not to bad to stretch some vinyl over..

but you need a lotta work to completely smooth that box out if you wana cover it in vinyl.

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

If you scuff it with some 80 grit, lay on a few coats of primer, then fleckstone, and a couple of clear coats you'll be fine.

I did a HT sub a few years back with fleckstone/clear coat and it held up very well, even with things be set on it, bumped, etc...

 

[Gaelic Vyk 10+ year member]

yea i know it wouldnt be too hard to carpet it, but i dont want the vynal seams to show, so i think thats not gonna be doable. im gonna get some bondo and fleckstone paint and try that out.

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

Could also do some vinyl/suede inserts along with the fleckstone. Wally world has the fleckstone for like $5 a can vs $10 at most other places.

 

[Gaelic Vyk 10+ year member]

the more i think about it and visualize it, the more the fleckstone is growing on me. ill give that a go and post up pics once im done so you guys can see how it turns out //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[davesexplorer 10+ year member]

Fleckstone looked nice to me... so I used it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

took a good amount of it though, I still had some low spots that I'll address later.

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

psssh dave and Fi, I remember when you were an MA dood.

 

[NeverEnuffBass 10+ year member]

Cut pieces to the same size of each panel out of 1/8" material, cover each piece with vinyl and attach to box. You will see seams but it won't look horrible

 

[Tempe 10+ year member]

i dont know what melamine is, but that stuff is just vynal coated 3/4 MDF. it was the only stuff lowes had at the time. like i said, its been workin and soundin great for almost 2 years.

Hey n00b!!!

Melamine is coated particle board. The white coating will need to be sanded down for the primer to adhere better. On the other hand if it is indeed particle board core you will want to seal the hell out of it. Hell maybe coating the entire enclosure with resin would help to get a uniform substrate.

Welcome to the forum!

T

 

[Gaelic Vyk 10+ year member]

ill n00b you

no its not partical board, its MDF.

 

[Gaelic Vyk 10+ year member]

its all bondo'ed up and curing right now! pics will be up later tonight. w00t!