1949 Daimler DB 18 Consort Part 29 Dashboard Part 2

restoring a wooden dashboard,
Walnut bur dashboard restoration
timber veneering automotive woodwork
A video series covering the full restoration of a Daimler Consort

[@charlesbutler4646]

Excellent work. Beautiful result.

[@mydiyvehicleresto]

Woodwork is an important feature of English classic vehicles. Time spent restoring the woodwork is worth the effort.

[@brucestuart4950]

I see you have gone from using water on the door trim veneer to lubricate the hammer work, to now using the glue as a lubricant. Did you wipe off the excess glue or did it come away with the sanding pre-lacquering?

[@mydiyvehicleresto]

Bruce, It turned out that using glue was a better lubricant for the Hammer and it also fills any open grain. The process of using the Hammer removes most of the excess glue. You can use the hammer like a squeegee. Sanding pre-lacquering removes any residual. Denis

[@kenbradley5035]

I'm wondering if the saturated glue on the surface would permeate into the fibres to discolour over the years.Overall a very nice job.

[@mydiyvehicleresto]

Ken, I have no idea. I would assume that the overlay of lacquer would seal the surface to prevent any atmospheric interference. Denis

[@uguralemdar2006]

Merhaba arkadaşlar yapıştiricı subazlimi nasıl bir yapıştiricı yardımcı olursanız sevinirim teşekkürler

[@kamran102]

Very nice indeed! I am going to fix the woodwork on my Saab 9000 soon. Just some scratches in the lacquer though. Any ideas on how to do that? It's quite thick lacquer in a 90's car.

[@mydiyvehicleresto]

If the lacquer is thick enough and the scratches are only fine i would probably use automotive buffing compounds to remove them.

[@jazzwessem]

A very nice job! What type of lacquer did you use?

[@mydiyvehicleresto]

I used "Feast Watson, Mastertouch , Wipe on Polly", but there are other brands. As the name implies you use a soft cloth to wipe on thin layers of lacquer - no brush marks makes it easier to get a good finish.