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tcmatt
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# Posted: 25 Sep 2012 08:56am
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My neighbor just used birch plywood to finish the inside of his man-cave garage and it looks great. a bit dark, though, as he stained it with a "golden oak" stain (then clear coated it). I was pretty impressed. I need to panel the inside of my cabin and was wondering what others have done that was relatively inexpensive and light in color.
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MtnDon
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# Posted: 25 Sep 2012 09:46am
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Drywall? It's fairly inexpensive as far as materials. And it can be any color you like. Personally I like a mixture of wood and painted drywall. Too many inexpensive wall treatments look cheap; like most of the 4x8 wood look paneling.
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GomerPile
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# Posted: 25 Sep 2012 09:49am - Edited by: GomerPile
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The box stores sell a material I call "Luan" but its basically 1/4 inch wood-like paneling. The stuff I have used has a red oak color to it. With Poly and some pine trim strips it looks pretty nice. It costs about $7 for a 4x8 sheet.
The only downside is that you need to support it pretty well because its so thin. The attachment is pretty much what it looks like.
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TheCabinCalls
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# Posted: 25 Sep 2012 02:56pm
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A word of caution: building inspectors won't like this thin stuff. Plus it won't be thick enough to meet all of the standard stuff; like how far out to stick electrical boxes, etc.
We looked at all the options and unfortunately nothing beat the price of drywall...when you approach a certain amount of wall area.
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TheCabinCalls
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# Posted: 25 Sep 2012 02:58pm
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I will add. That nothing beats that warmth of wood if you can keep it light and cheery.
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 25 Sep 2012 03:07pm - Edited by: toyota_mdt_tech
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I sheeted my entire interior with 3/8" plywood, good side out. Sanded off labels and pulled the stickers. Really adds to the shear strength also. 
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bobbotron
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# Posted: 25 Sep 2012 04:07pm
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Quoting: toyota_mdt_tech I sheeted my entire interior with 3/8" plywood, good side out. Sanded off labels and pulled the stickers. Really adds to the shear strength also.
Ha! I imagine there is something to that.
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brokeneck
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# Posted: 26 Sep 2012 12:36am
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I used the luan on my exterior soffits and also for my ceiling -- at work I used it to build some cabinets and shelves and am in the process of using it to build some ski lockers in our big cabin -- clears up real nice with either oil or water based products -
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TheWildMan
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# Posted: 26 Sep 2012 08:24am
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I used Luann for my little cabin, Luann (aka Oak Luann, is a veneer plywood product, thiner than regular plywood but made with veneer quality wood), i needed something fast and cheap last year, snow was on the ground and i was wintering in the cabin, had to finish it fast. my big cabin was done with Brittany Birch panneling (very light color) got it on sale the same price as Luann.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 26 Sep 2012 10:05am
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We covered our walls in Luan in our little cabin-painted some of it and left some natural. In our big cabin we used rough sawn boards and drywall. I too like a mixture of wood and painted surfaces. Can't beat the price of drywall either!
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tcmatt
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# Posted: 26 Sep 2012 12:28pm
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Wildman and trollbridge,
How thick was the Luann that you used?
thx
matt
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MtnDon
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# Posted: 26 Sep 2012 12:52pm
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Lauan plywood is usually 2/4 inch or 5 MM (0.196") and there is some 1/8 that is meant for skinning cabinets and doors. For use on a wall IMO any of those should be used over a substrate such as drywall or something to give stiffness.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 26 Sep 2012 02:36pm
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Thanks for the spell check MtnDon...I knew it didn't look right!
tcmatt I will have to ask my husband about thickness. He had a bunch accumulated from laying flooring. It is also called "underlayment" used for stapling down over the sub floor to create a smoother surface before vinyl flooring can go down. I want to say it may be 1/4 inch but I'll find out. Our little cabin has stud walls every 16 inches and it is plenty rigid for that. It does not work for ceilings unless it had other support underneath it.
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Borrego
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# Posted: 26 Sep 2012 09:15pm
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I debated this over and over with myself, only to go with drywall. It is just too cheap and too easy to install (although I'm not saying it is an easy task by any means  Anyone deterred by the finishing process should not be. It is just not that difficult to hand trowel a small cabin (mine is about 600 sq ft) and it looks kinda cool with a hand applied skip trowel. I do have wood, tile and other accents mixed in for flavor, though........
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 26 Sep 2012 10:30pm
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Okay I asked my husband and I was wrong on a few things(what's new). What we used was not Lauan. That is a bit thinner and less expensive. We used quarter inch underlayment-it was a Russian Birch-and quite a bit more pricey. Not that we are big spenders  it's just that we had a bunch on hand and needed something to do with it. I think it retails for about 20.00 a 4x8 sheet.
Borrego your place is awesome...
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nicalisa
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# Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:01am
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we used 1/4 inch ply and then put a decorator pine tongue and grove over it from Rona, all in it was about 500.00 to do all of the walls.
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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 30 Sep 2012 07:46pm
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There is no sealer or stain on it. It's about twenty years old.
Owen
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rayyy
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# Posted: 1 Oct 2012 05:07pm
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I must admitt,I went with 6 inch wide T&G knotty pine board on all my walls cause I just love the look of the stuff.It was pricey but you cut and nail it up and your done.No coating,taping,mudding or sanding,priming or painting.You can throw a coat of poly on it after a while.
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Anonymous
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# Posted: 3 Oct 2012 09:13pm
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spruce t&g looks mighty fine.
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Borrego
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# Posted: 3 Oct 2012 09:29pm
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You know, one of my thought along this process was to go buy basic pine (or whitewood) and cut a tongue/groove in it myself.
$.97 sq ft!
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tcmatt
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# Posted: 3 Oct 2012 10:07pm
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Borrego,
I just came across some really nice 1/2' pine plywood at Home Depot ($33 for a 4x8) - nice and light in color. I'm seriously thinking of just clear coating that with Polyacrylic and calling it good. I don't have much wall space as it is - windows, cabinet and bunks take up the vast majority of 3 of the 4 walls.
tcmatt
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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 4 Oct 2012 07:14am
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I love T&G paneling, but I've seen how many flies can hide in it.
Owen
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# Posted: 4 Oct 2012 07:26am
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I'm planning on doing smart siding for the walls and pine tongue and grove for the ceiling. Smart siding is fire rated for building codes and has a rough look to it, it will just need to be painted. Should have a nice contrast to the ceiling. Also its only $20 for a 4x8 panel. Also if you care about the green deal, it is.
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brokeneck
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# Posted: 21 Oct 2012 02:54pm
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Luan ceiling pic
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jjlrrw
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# Posted: 31 Oct 2012 10:49pm
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We went with standard T&G pine from Menards so much better look and not the mess of drywall, mudding, sanding and painting.
The cost of the boards were $0.58 sq foot when on sale and a gallon of poly for $28 goes a long way.
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