Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:58:07 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote:

If you can find some details I'd be quite interested as I am
refurbishing a power boat and there are two cabins where the overhead
is smooth enough to glue some sort of liner directly to the existing
surface. I had been thinking of formica but that certainly will look a
bit plasticy. If there is something better I would prefer to try it.

http://tinyurl.com/56ye8y

Along the lines of the Soundown shown in the above url I was thinking of
a foam used in packaging. It is called Ethafoam, it is white or light
blue, resilient, closed cell, and can be gotten in various thicknesses.
Actually there are many foam types that might work well in this
application. They would certainly be much better than the old open cell
foam of old.
- Here is a link for Ethafoam but there are many around:
http://metrofoam.com.au/ethafoam-220.html
- This one is slightly rigid but there should be no problem bending it
to comply to the slight curvatures or the cabin contour:
http://www.modernplastics.com/may05/wdfoam.html
- This is a link for EVA foam. Pretty good stuff too:
http://metrofoam.com.au/eva-foam.html
- Blurb on open-cell vs closed-cell foams:
http://www.foam-tech.com/products/ur...losed_cell.htm
- Here a site with various foams: http://www.closedcellfoams.com/