Looking into a Cork Liner

[Jbonin12]

Hello!

I am wanting to use 3/4″ cork as as liner for the teardrop. I have seen a picture (from this forum) and I like the looks a lot. It matches the okoume look a lot better than getting a fabric covered foam alternative.

looking at the R-value, it is about the same. the minicell foam that CLC offers has a R-value of 2.8 to 3.0. Cork is 2.55-3.1 for the same thickness for each item (3/4″).

What I am looking for is if anyone has used cork as a liner, and what thier experience with it has been. I am wondering how well it conforms to the trailer and what the heat retention is. I am not really worried (looking into it) about the internal humidity issue, cork seems to naturally do that on its own.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

[wayne3676]

I used cork and walls and floor. eliminates condensation. cuts down sound

[jettaMan]

My son put in cork flooring and I loved the look – the cork was sliced to show the  natural grain, but it turns out it’s a proprietary process and you can’t get flexible panels like that. Looking into it a little further, I found a product called ‘cork fabric’ which is bands of ~1 mm sliced cork bonded to fabric.

This product is marketed as ‘vegan leather’ and a lot is  rather gaudily printed for the Etsy trade, but the ‘natural’ cork is  quite pretty – imagine sliced wine bottle corks.

I ordered 6 m direct from Portugal, cut them to fit the CLC panels (keeping the ‘grain’ aligned with the panel position) and glued the fabric onto the microcell panels from CLC.  (Hint: Starting with 7 meters would have been a lot easier!) My wife resisted covering the inside of the camper with Man-cave black but really likes the ‘woody-ish’ cork color & texture. Like bottle cork the surface is slightly waxy that isn’t porous so you can clean it up some, but rubber smudges prove hard to get off. I tested a little and found it doesn’t ignite easily, but it isn’t more fireproof than say wood.  The sound/thermal insulation is that of microcell underneath.

There are a lot of patterns offered. The closest thing to what I used that I can find now seems to be the priciest (see below) – some is much cheaper. You might be able to get samples.

Yellow Portuguese Cork Fabric Rustic COF-183

 

 

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