JoeSimcoe@aol.com wrote:
>
> Barry,
>
> No help on the technique but would like to pose a rhetorical question.
>
> Unless you will be doing the whole project yourself, and even then when you
> add the cost of the veneer, glue, clamps etc etc (unless you all ready have
> the stuff from some other project) you fast approach the cost of purchasing a
> replacement dash.
>
> On my TR250 I took my dash to a fellow who has done a lot of furniture
> refinishing for me. I had a couple of places where the veneer was bad, by the
> time he either cut out the places and replaced, or reveneered the whole thing
> I could buy a new one - (which is what I did)
>
> Now I know I was paying for his time and profit - but still sometimes it
> seems to make more sense to go with a new Repro than fiddle with repairing
> restoring old parts.
>
> Just my 2c
>
> JoeSimcoe
Barry,
FWIW, I came the the exact same conclusion as Joe. I got my repro from
TRF and it is beautiful. I am confident restoring the original wood
would have cost at least twice what I paid for the repro. And I doubt
the restored dash would look as nice as the new repro.
Mind you I am a long way from installing it....
Henry Frye
thefryes@iconn.net
TR250's
|