Re: woodgrain painted interior trim - '49 Deluxe Club

Posted by Fish'n Jim On 2013/9/5 20:15:23

Thanks, I'll check these guys out and see if in the cards for me. Or I'll try and round up a faux artist for the graining and shoot the base myself. Otherwise, it's not worth doing for me. Just pick a color that goes with the interior and/or powder coat.
Anyone have/know any source for original pictures of the trim w/ grain? I only found one dash shot by online search and it's not correct based on what I see.
That manuf. method explains why it flakes off like it does on the curves, the paint bond gets "disturbed" when they bend it, which made me think maybe some sort of "decal" or laminated sheet process. I think they did tin toys like that too. Silk screen flat then press.
Being a southern car, all the paint is toasted and once the paint is gone...surface rust. So I'm probably going to need to blast so it'll need a complete redo.
The remaining grain is only present on the underside where it was out of the sunlight. That's how I noticed. I thought it was just brown for ~two months. So I don't hold much hope it will "polish out" all over.
I believe I have the interior paint codes (from this site?) but don't remember seeing any graining product/2 tone.
ps: I promise I won't even consider using "contact paper"!!!