material?

rasbury

Installing new vhf and does not cover the old hole..what the heck is the name of the white plastic like material to repair this? It's mot lexan...star something?

Michael T

Starboard is excellent but I think the thinnest it comes is 1/4 inch? I have used white plastics like lexan and even thin aluminum to make backing plates - for a very finished look. I have primed  aluminum then painted it different colors. I have friends who have fabricated aluminum backing plates then had them powder coated. I thought my spray painted ones looked as good for a fraction of the price.

Handymans342

I cut my original plate to fit the new radio and it fit fairly good with a little caulk

Michael T

Any pictures ras?

Cableguy Greg

Looks great!!!

Michael T

.....well despite the difficulty it looks like a factory install (maybe better lol) to me!

99270fv

star board

rasbury

West Marine sells a 6 x 12 piece for 15 bucks so I think I will go that route. I have done stuff with plexi glass like this but I want to make sure it is substantial. 
Thanks all as always! I thought this was going to be a simple plug and play...never does work that way does it?

JC290

Never that easy Ras lol five minute jobs always an hour 

rasbury

 Well, I got it done and it turned out pretty nice but that is stuff tuff to cut! My neighbor has a table saw I was able to use to get a square pc- I used a grinder, a drill to cut out the center section, by jig saw would not even cut it.

rasbury

Here is a quick picture...would like to find some white countersunk screws but wanted to get it done before this past weekend outing....

Michael T

@rasbury, beautiful job, real professional look! It looks a lot thinner than 1/4". How thick was it 1/8"?

Dream_Inn

looks good Ras!

rasbury

thanks! It is the 1/4" but I guess from the front you can't really tell......

rasbury

not rocket science for sure....the tuff part was cutting out the hole larger and the glass on the left side was about an inch and a half think and there was no room to get a power tool in there to cut it out well.....

rasbury

Well thanks Michael......