In a message dated 3/18/99 7:52:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, mruskin@PANGEA.CA
writes, regarding plastic laminate (such as fomrmica):

> However, I don't know if it has enough flex for anything but a hatch or
>  sliding door cover.

Not sure what you'd need to "flex" it around in a Westy, but...
I've done a fair amount of cabinetmaking, and have used plastic laminate quite
a bit.  It is quite flexible. While you can't effectively use it on a 3
dimensional surface (imagine trying to put it on a basketball), it will turn
around a rounded (cylindrical) corner very easily -- I've done it on as tight
a radius as (guessing here) about 5"

My sliding door and rear hatch are both done with it...

Doug
68 Beetle
84 Westy
98 Passat