Mr Tuba-dude sir, you could always take the flippy portion of the bed OUT of
the van and do your cool-turquoise-with-gold-metal-flake-Formica-counter-top
thing in the comfort and privacy of your carport/back yard/basement!  :-)

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 1:06 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Jim and Neil2 for the adhesive tips.
>
> Yah I tried that 3m stuff years ago. I wasn't impressed with it. In
> previously thinking about arborite, I wondered what the best contact
> cement would have been. Thinking about it now, it might be a minor
> PITA to get up there with wax paper and laminate arborite.
>
> The cloth backed vinyl sounds best. I'll make sure to specify
> "commercial grade" for the paste.
>
> Neil.
>
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The important thing, IMO, is to use the commercial vinyl paste.
> > Everything else I've tried--all the so-called high-temp spray on
> > stuff--let go.
> >
> > Jim
>
> >> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >>> I went down to an auto upholstery store and bought a nice matching
> >>> high-quality vinyl with a cloth backing and used commercial vinyl
> >>> wallpaper paste to apply it.
>
> >>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 1:05 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> Hi all.
> >>>>
> >>>> The "paper" on the bottom of the upper bunk, is bubbling and looking
> >>>> bad. I use it as a table of sorts (dishes after dinner etc.) so
> >>>> thought replacing it with a more durable surface would be useful.
>

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