Post #810288 by ECTiki on Fri, Aug 11, 2023 12:36 PM

Since this space would have a heavy nautical theme, I used both dark reclaimed wood and rolled matting to cover the ceiling. The rolled matting was a frustrating raw material to work with! I purchased 4’x8’ door skins from Home Depot. I then built a tiki sandwich of skins and matting to flatten them out. I let a couple of weeks pass with heavy boxes compressing the matting sandwich. Eventually, I was pleased to discover the rolled matting nice and flat. I then stretched, glued and clamped the matting to the door skins. Once the glue was dry and matting bubble free, I used amber Shellac on the Lauhala matting. I really like the final color. It reminds me of the Dagger Bar. (Long live the Donn) For the Bac Bac matting I used Varathane satin varnish. My idea was to create a decent contrast between the different matting styles on the ceiling.