Triumph Spitfire Dashboard restoration with Brazilian Rosewood, Steves Garage

[@Uswesi1527]

Absolutely , marvelous workmanship. Thanks

[@stevesgarage1976]

I'm so pleased you enjoyed the video Sam , thankyou for your comments

[@exJacktar]

Hi Steve. Thanks for the video. Gave me some inspiration as I've just bought a Spit that needs the wood veneer replaced as well. In addition to Kristen's observations brush from the inside to the edge, not edge in. This will stop you getting buildup at the edges and runs down the sides. For the small holes etc, how did you remove the veneer there?

[@Taff1967SC]

Powdered plastic resin adhesive is (ideally) the stuff to use for car dashboards 👍

[@davidmack610]

This is my next job on the spitfire, thanks very much that's a very helpful video👍.

[@stevesgarage1976]

Its a pleasure David, i wish you the best of luck with your dashboard

[@kenclements1954]

Keep up the good work Steve.....

[@stevesgarage1976]

Cheer's Ken

[@poppydogz]

Nice work.. Cheers for the video's from another Steve..

[@stevesgarage1976]

I'm real glad you liked them Steve and hopefully found something useful in them, stepping my next video's up a touch with some good video editing program's

[@poppydogz]

@@stevesgarage1976 Yeah pal I've restored my own Spitfire (the one in my pic) 2 years work but worth the effort.. Looking forward to more content from you, cheers and good luck..

[@karolynehiler7565]

Thank you for the great idea. Going to do it with a oak burl wood veneer hope it turns out nice🤞🤞🤞

[@stevesgarage1976]

It's a pleasure Karolyne, i wish you the best of luck with your project, make sure you have lot's of fresh blades your going to need them, change them regularly

[@Schlipperschlopper]

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[@ronpilchowski9898]

LOL i came across this video and i have Rosewood veneer in my amazon basket, i also plan on doing the door panels with rosewood and blackened brushed stainless steel

[@stevesgarage1976]

Hey there Ron, well i hope you found my video useful, your door panels sound interesting would love to see them

[@jeffhildreth9244]

Looks good, well done. That may be rosewood, and it may be from Brazil, but I doubt it is dalbergia nigra, true Brazilian rosewood. Many reasons to include that it is banned by CITES as endangered and illegal for export or import and sale. . . and It looks nothing like dalbergia nigra the true brazilian rosewood. It looks more like dalbergia spruceana also known as Amazon rosewood. Full disclosure, formerly a broker of rare and exotic wood specializing in timbers used in stringed instrument construction. The majority of my wood was from Brazil and Central America. Among them was Brazilian rosewood (dalbergia nigra) for guitar construction and pernambuco also from Brazil and used in violin bows.

[@stevesgarage1976]

Hi there Jeff that's very informative thankyou, the Veneer was just chosen from a well known online shopping platform, as Brazilian Rosewood as I liked the depth of colour, and as you point out it's rarity , I was more than likely sold a wood which could be described with the same wording, Thankyou for your interesting comments, Really pleased you enjoyed the Vudeo, iv often thought of doing this video again as it's one if my very early ones, and much has improved since then

[@rogerlittlejohn475]

what did you use for the small holes?

[@stevesgarage1976]

@@rogerlittlejohn475 late reply, to trim the small holes , I rolled sand paper around a pencil at one point, I also used a circle sanding rubber tool, but anything that's gives you the shape required really

[@eddiezorro1]

Great Job. I Love It.

[@stevesgarage1976]

Thanks Edward glad you enjoyed the video

[@TheElfslayer]

love the veneer, what type of wood is it ?

[@stevesgarage1976]

Glad you like it Dave, it's Brazilian Rosewood, it has amazing grain, i'm going to do a couple in American Walnut i think

[@dilwig7988]

Steve, did you use sticky back Veneer, or is that just paper. If you did use sticky back, why? "Great Video"...

[@stevesgarage1976]

Hi there I used real Veneer mate, using Gorlia pva to bond to the dashboard, real glad you enjoyed the video

[@syntheticlubricant699]

💎💎💎💎💎💎

[@DavidPlass]

Did you use a router bit to get the step around all the gauges?

[@stevesgarage1976]

No i was refacing a old dashboard, so it already had the steps for the clocks

[@livionelivione]

Hello. Where did you buy the veneer?

[@stevesgarage1976]

I bought the Veneers from ebay you can buy almost any wood veneer you can think of from there, best of luck with your projects

[@mykeedix]

Do you produce these for sale ?

[@stevesgarage1976]

i was thinking about this, more in refacing dashboards that were sent to me, but there's so much time goes into them mate

[@JamesThorpe]

Hi, why did you go for a brush on poly varnish rather than a spray clearcoat type?

[@stevesgarage1976]

Hi Jame's , on the research i did, out of the many types of finish coats i could have used oil based poly came up the best for this type of job, then once i gave another sand down and it came up like a glass finish, you could use a spray clear coat, it's just down to personal preference really, plus i'v had no experiance with spray coat's so i was going on a safe bet

[@kristenconstable2946]

I enjoy the tutorial but you need to brush up on your varnishing skills. The first coat is always diluted by 50%, 2nd coat between sanding around 30%, 3rd coat 15% and after that dilute to allow a perfect flow. Ultimately, minimum of 10 coats. Varinsh will fail quickly if you don't dilute the first 3 coats in order to adhere to the wood. What I call a soaker coat, the first coat, if you don't do a 50 to 50 dilution, will result in blisters etc. This process is absolutely necessary.

[@stevesgarage1976]

Thankyou for the advise Kristen that's really good to know

[@stevesgarage1976]

Just a note as i was looking out on the dashboard due to what you wrote, but even nearly 18 months onwards its still looking as good as it was when i first varinish it ?

[@stevesgarage1976]

but to add your advice here i will try on my next dashboard thankyou