Offshore powerboat / bamboo materials

Oh knowledgeable ones! I am tikifiing a power boat, this will be the fastest tiki out there. What I am looking for is a thin yet strong material with a bamboo finish for an instrument panel (like stainless steel in bamboo about 10"h x 5'w) and bamboo textured vinyl for side bolsters and seat trim. I have an interesting tiki logo theme, and original surf tunes to compliment. I'll post pic's when finished. Mahalo

[ Edited by: Surfer 2008-10-22 12:27 ]

They make bamboo plywood...

I would say this belongs in "Other Crafts"

No tiki carving involved.

On 2008-10-22 16:43, Lake Surfer wrote:
I would say this belongs in "Other Crafts"

No tiki carving involved.

Topic moved, thanks LT

Surfer, do we get some "pre-tikified" pics? New boat? Vintage boat?

Just a plane white boat right now, but real fast. Still looking for material tips, I need something thin that will be marine quality, not plywood. Thanks

[ Edited by: Surfer 2008-10-27 08:00 ]

Try using PVC for bamboo (there are people here that have had real success imitating bamboo with PVC and epoxy).

Yep, it's pretty bland :(

PVC bamboo is a great idea, here's a link to a technique by Kewlava http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=28450&forum=18

In order to make it waterproof, you may have to resort to some sort of painted stencil or airbrush design.

Go to one of those graphic wrappers. They can do really cool things to that plain white boat. That's my two cents.

Sungod