How To Install Veneer On Auto Dash And Door Panels

In some cases your may need to install an optional instrument panel trim cover.

How to install veneer on auto dash and door panels.

Place your template over the desired section of veneer and cut out that portion leaving approximately one half inch or 1 27 centimeters 0 5 in of excess on each side. Applying veneer to an exterior door with contact cement isn t adviseable. Veneering a raised panel door with a vacuum press. Tape the veneer to your wood and place a sheet of polythene on each side of your newly veneered trim.

Wood veneer in your classic car needs to look the part or the entire interior is a let down. That may be about to change as our favorite man with the spanners edd china shows us. In the glory days of rolls royce bentley and jaguar genuine wood interior and dash trim distinguished these cars from their american counterparts. This is just to prevent sticking it.

Insert cardboard wedges between your coverlay dash cover and your windshield to create pressure on the dash cover edge against the window. Add three lengths of 1cm thick polystyrene per side then use six g clamps to seal the sandwich between two pieces of chipboard. Pretty easy to make and looks so much cleaner than bare door s. As you may have seen in our how to install videos manufactured stone veneer installation is a simple process in fact anyone with basic carpentry skills can unpack the box and attach genstone faux stone panels to a wall.

The polythene stops the wood sticking and the polystyrene evens out the pressure of the clamps. We go into detail on showing using a vacuum bag as well as softening the veneer. You can also add phone books to weigh down the large middle surface of the dash cover. Leave it until it is touch dry 5 minutes.

As is true with many diy projects the details are what separate a botched project and a successful one. The nature of this flexible bond won t withstand the constant change of conditions to which it will be exposed. For each door panel i use 1 8 thick hdpe plastic and self. Leave for 24 hours.

The veneer will contract and expand on an ongoing basis which will stress the glue bond to the point of certain early failure. One of the most difficult good condition used car parts to find or create for a classic car restoration is the interior wood veneer. 4 center the selected pattern section over the substrate panel and apply the contact cement following the manufacturer s instructions to both the veneer and the substrate. In this video i make some sick cheap diy door panels for the drift car.

The use of burl and other hardwood veneer as interior automobile trim has always signaled both elegance and luxury. Auto interior wood dashboards plywood and veneer applications.