Steel Liner Panel/Flush Mounting?

[bowhuntr311]

Hey all,

I've been lurking for a couple months on and off. Dreaming/planning/prepping for finishing my shop this is my first post.

I've got a 40x40x10 shop that Im planning on finishing the inside of with with steel liner panels. The last place I lived had some vertical steel on the inside of the garage and I hated it because I couldn't mount stuff flush/tight. Nuts, sockets, stuff would fall off the back of my bench. I eventually put a board up to prevent that but that only led to me putting stuff on top of that 2x4 and that stuff started falling back there.

I was told there is a router bit out there can cut the shape of the raised rib in steel liner panel. So you can flush mount your boards to the wall. Anyone heard of this or done something similar? Any suggestions, links, pics would be appreiciated.

Thanks
Dean

 

[Firebrick43]

I don't know if the is a bit that would do it in one pass but look up "custom router bit" and multiple companies can make it. Problem is that many panel are similar but the profiles are still all different. A better and cheaper solution is to use a flat bit to do the center flat part of the rib and a v glove to do each side.

Would you be open to use a second board horizontal on top of the vertical? Take a compass and transfer the profile to a 3/4" clear board horizontal in orientation. Use a jig saw or better yet scroll saw to cut the profile. Then glue this board to the top edge of your vertical board.

Also you could get some lumber that is as thick as the rib is high. Tilt the blade to copy the rib angle and cut both end so the piece fits neatly between ribs. Wax or lay Saran Wrap over a piece of the metal and laminate these pieces to your strait board and clamp all three piece together until the glue sets.

Best solution is using duraplate on the bottom 8'. This is the panels on wabash national semi trailers. It two layers of Steel with plastic laminated together. Tough, smooth and the vertical seams over lap an is stiff enough to drill and screw stuff to directly without a stud. But you need to be close to one of their trailer plants. Use a J channel and liner material 8' and above as horizontal seems don't look right and its heavy as hell to hang on a ceiling.

 

[sberry]

You could simply miter it, wouldnt have to be air tight. I make some brackets for some shelves and hangers but in my case most of it is really free standing. Also is this stick built. pole barn or steel building? How its frames makes a huge difference.

 

[-Brent-]

Sounds like a lot of work. Why run that stuff on the walls?

 

[bowhuntr311]

You could simply miter it, wouldnt have to be air tight. I make some brackets for some shelves and hangers but in my case most of it is really free standing. Also is this stick built. pole barn or steel building? How its frames makes a huge difference.

Its 2x6 16" OC. I might be able to miter it out. I had just figured if I could find a router bit that would work it would be faster than the rest of the ideas I had. My work bench in my last place was free standing and like I said it just fell of the back of the bench in the 3/4 of gap.

Sounds like a lot of work. Why run that stuff on the walls?

I dont like sheet rock or painted wood in a shop. Not really sure of any other option that I could get.

Dean

 

[-Brent-]

Well, that certainly makes sense. I wonder if there's some metal sheathing that would work better? A guy that I had do some work for me a few years back had some flat metal sheathing that he had on the walls where he welded and it was coated with something white, but he didn't painted. I wonder what it was. It looked very clean and of course it was flat so there wouldn't be the issues you've described.

 

[-Brent-]

Just spent a few minutes with Google... what about the panels used in the interior of enclosed trailers? I think it's FRP-based paneling. Or the Filon stuff used on the exterior of trailers.

 

[Firebrick43]

Duraplate

 

[ishiboo]

I-Span

https://www.menards.com/main/buildi...e-pvc-interior-wall-panel/p-1444437134111.htm

 

[bowhuntr311]

I-Span

https://www.menards.com/main/buildi...e-pvc-interior-wall-panel/p-1444437134111.htm

Anyone have any experience in this stuff? Looks like its only roughly .04 sq ft more than liner panel steel?