Fitting the wall panels

January 21, 2019

The freezing temperatures forced me to paused my work on the shower cabin, so I continued covering the insulated walls with wood.

Preparing the panels

The original panels didn’t feel very smooth. I also didn’t like the vertical scratches caused by the factory’s belt sander.

Raw wooden panels with vertical scratches

I sanded the panels until I was satisfied with the look and feel.

Sanding the wooden panels

To protect the wood from dirt and humidity, I finished the panels with a natural wood wax. Although the sun warmed up the barn a little bit, it took quite a long time until the wood completely soaked up the oil and wax.

Waxed panels

Mounting the panels

While the wax was slowly drying in the cold, I built two decorative wooden strips that perfectly covered a plastic strip meant to hold and connect two panels.

Wooden strips to mount the panels

I screwed the plastic strip into the wooden scaffold in the walls,

Plastic strip holding the panels

and covered the ugly white plastic with the wooden strip.

Decorative wooden strip

I liked the result much better than a visible joint and a bunch of screws preventing the two panels from curving.

Mounted wall panels

I’m happy with the outcome. I should be able to fit the panels for the ceiling, soon. :soon: