What wonderful work Joel! Care to share some of the process and materials used? I would not want to guess the number of hours you spent on that dash. Nice kitty too!
To answer your question, Henk, pretty standard woodworking techniques.
I do use some newer chemicals to soften the veneer for flattening, and I like urethane glue because it can withstand temp changes better. Jaguar used American Black Walnut burl and some boxwood on this car. Fitting the veneers takes some time with color touch of joints and voids and bookmatching. Vacumn bag for the clamping process, goes to all the corners and shapes. Lots of scraping and sanding of wood, the smoother the finish the more clear the figure/grain is after finishing, For instance, if there was an irridescent figure in the grain that changes and moves when you move your head, it would be much more pronounced and sharp at 2000 grit then 600 grit.
Finish is 5-6 coats of catalyzed polyurethane high solids clear coat, this is Matrix brand. I reduce the first coat 10% or so so it penetrates the surface better, like a sealer coat.
Blocked to 2000 grit between coats and let cure for two days before each blocking, makes it flatter after the finish settles down. takes about 45 days for all of it.
Polish with large buffer and some lambs wool for cutting the finish. I do some buffing on a 1750 rpm 10" stationary buffer with a fat soft unsewn pad in it, easier to do the smaller pieces.
Standard polishing sequence for new clear automotive coat, be careful on the corners and ridges! The mechanics did the installation BTW, that is the scary part!
Joel
2 '68 510 2 door sedans
'95 240SX
“We will either find a way, or make one.” – Hannibal
there is a local guy in Vancouver (John Fluevog from Fluevog shoes fame) who has one hot rodded Jag and is working on another. My friends' shop did the work on the first one. If I can find some pics I will get the posted.
dcuplover wrote:there is a local guy in Vancouver (John Fluevog from Fluevog shoes fame) who has one hot rodded Jag and is working on another. My friends' shop did the work on the first one. If I can find some pics I will get the posted.
