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RE: Original wood effect on Mk1 Ruby dashboard... - Ruairidh Dunford - 23-02-2020
Thank you, very interesting.
RE: Original wood effect on Mk1 Ruby dashboard... - Spex - 23-02-2020
Ah, the joys of having genuine fake wood!
Cheers, Peter
RE: Original wood effect on Mk1 Ruby dashboard... - Ruairidh Dunford - 13-03-2020
Thank you for all your help everyone - we settled on this design and to wrap them.
RE: Original wood effect on Mk1 Ruby dashboard... - Parazine - 13-03-2020
Nice!
RE: Original wood effect on Mk1 Ruby dashboard... - Tony Griffiths - 13-03-2020
An impressive finish; great research and thanks for contributing this information.
RE: Original wood effect on Mk1 Ruby dashboard... - andrew34ruby - 13-03-2020
It really looks the business. I decided against wrapping due to the fear of a pealing edge or a scratch, or tearing at screwholes.
RE: Original wood effect on Mk1 Ruby dashboard... - Mike Costigan - 13-03-2020
That's come out really well.
RE: Original wood effect on Mk1 Ruby dashboard... - GK5268 - 14-03-2020
(13-03-2020, 01:21 PM)andrew34ruby Wrote: It really looks the business. I decided against wrapping due to the fear of a pealing edge or a scratch, or tearing at screwholes.
It is all in the preparation, a really clean surface for the self-adhesive to bond, a hot air gun to stretch over the contours, a sharp blade to cut off the excess. As for holes, that is easy just heat the tip of a nail or screw and melt a hole through.
Once adhered it is a tough finish that is durable - mine has been in service for over 5 years now and still looks as good as new!
It is fiddly and you do need patience, buy extra and have a go, pull it off if it goes wrong. Mine has faults, which I see, most people don't and the overall effect is impressive, sets the interior off well!