Planked teak interior trim

i used a roll of self adhesive (like fablon) teak? finish to recover the dull rose wood
some door trims easy the dash is a good fiddle of corners but its quite life like
i much prefered the real wood in my triumph
but the dull had be brightened up one 4" wide roll off the bay has many metres long so plenty to experiment
and only a few ££
Pete
 
Hi, I agree with what you suggest to Pete, as I inherited perfectly good ‘plastic’ wood-looking pieces, on my 1977 2200 sc, but they were dull, & probably dull from the start since there was no peeling glossy top coat. What I then did was based on the fact I'd looked at the black rubber, non-slip mat that was standard on the flat left hand shelf by the dashboard, and wanted a but more “Glossy” wood look there too, so I found some nice genuine teak veneer, that more or less matched the door capping pieces, & I used the rubber mat as a pattern, cut the veneer, which came on a one-piece roll, marked & cut it out to shape, ( dont use scissors as the cut will start to sheer off line on the wood veneer, but use a very fine scalpel, with the veneer taped absolutely flat on a hard wooden surface) and when it’s cut then offer off in place as a dry run, & trim as necessary to be sure even the edges do lie flat,,and I used contact adhesive on just the underside of the veneer, brushing on very liberally, so it would “slide” into place before setting, and pressed all over with a wooden kitchen mixing spatula. I’d decided to varnish it anyway beforehand and was glad I’d chosen to do the varnish AFTER it was glued in place, as then the varnish flowed into any tiny lines in the veneer, and the gloss varnished finish is really stunning by the dash. But.. suddenly, the door top trims now looked even duller, so I the plastic wood door trims & sanded those lightly, and gloss varnished those too, masking off the edges that slide the trims into place so they didn’t stick or jam. I was tempted to use pure wood veneer for the door top trims, but an experiment with a piece of veneer off cut showed it wouldn’t survive sliding into place without cracking the veneer itself. But as Pete says, there’s plenty of Fablon wood pattered colours to chose from and those are mostly self adhesive, and the finished result should look great.
 
i found the the door trims and part dash there is little room for even the film to not try and get rucked up as you slide the insert into its channel
next time i will use a scalpel to trim sizes as installed rather tha stick it down and ruin it when refitting
I like the full wood effect ...nice
why did Rover choose such a dull and dismal wood grain....even Triumph used real wood
Pete
 
I think it was because they were trying to appeal to a slightly different market ie. young professionals, so were using different materials and techniques whilst not alienating there traditional base.
 
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