Refurbishing only one door wood trim ?

[remydedez]

Hello, i have a problem with only one of my wood trims (driver door trim) and i would like to know if someone of you already Refurbishing only one and found a solution to keep same colour of others trims ?
i would like to keep others in original condition because they are in mint condition;
i would like to reglue the veener and revarnish only the defect wood trim.

thanks

 

[Wes]

You will probably need to stain your restored section to get a colour match. Suggest to do some tests on scrap wood to see if it's close. Then try in an area that you wont see. Trail and error is the only way unless you are re-finishing all the timber.

 

[bavbob]

Problem is dealing with discolored varnish that has been sun exposed for fifty years. Agree with Wes that you need to work with stains to get a match, then remove all old varnish, restain and then varnish or poly. Perhaps Bella would take on this challenge for you.

 

[remydedez]

thanks for your advices, maybe we could find the color matching with an airbrush like on this video:

 

[Honolulu]

The door trim wood bits aren't difficult to remove. Just for sh*ts and grins I made a replacement of koa wood, and it's very hard to tell the difference. But if you do one, you'd be advised to do the other b/c 1) it's no that much additional work, and 2) you'll have the two matching each other, whether you retain the original wood or not, and 3) it's good practice and adding to your skill set is never a bad idea. There's also the chance to use exotic woods or laminations thereof, then the sky is no limit.

 

[KastelikClassicCar]

Problem is dealing with discolored varnish that has been sun exposed for fifty years. Agree with Wes that you need to work with stains to get a match, then remove all old varnish, restain and then varnish or poly. Perhaps Bella would take on this challenge for you.

Hello, can I ask for a contact for "Bella". Thank you in advance!

 

[TomHom]

Hi,
in our german forum I just started a thread dealing with this issue: "Holz ist wunderbar" or "wood is wonderful" http://e9-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=29379.
There will be an english version, I will try to get it ready for our journal.
The bottom line is:
- if you want to have the original look you will have to go for new veneer
- if you want to have a homogenous look of the veneer grain structure you do all four side trims
- if you want to have a perfect interior overall homogenous look you do all parts using the veneer of the same batch

My neighbour Franz-Josef is a skilled carpenter of the old school. I could convince him to help me with my wood.
Here is the first result, the wood shining bright is the one with new veneer, the darker ones are originals.
We choose "american walnut" of good quality for the new veneer
And, the table is Thai Rosewood!

Since I collected some wood during the past years we could do some additional sets:


The colour of the wood stain has been mixed to match the original dark appearance you might still find on parts never exposed to sun light:

We even started reproducing the delicate loudspeaker front with it´s rectangular edges:

and we just started rebuilding the side trims

So we are thinking about offering either refurbished or rebuild parts.
If one part is missing or not worth to be refurbished it migth be replaced by a new one.

We just started with this interesting and fine work and got really good results. Depending on the response we might start reproducing all the other wooden interior parts.

Let me know your comments

Thomas



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