How To Install Veneer On Auto Dash And Door Panels

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.

How to install veneer on auto dash and door panels.

For each door panel i use 1 8 thick hdpe plastic and self. Apply a thin even coat of evostick to the veneer and the plywood. Insert cardboard wedges between your coverlay dash cover and your windshield to create pressure on the dash cover edge against the window. The nature of this flexible bond won t withstand the constant change of conditions to which it will be exposed.

The polythene stops the wood sticking and the polystyrene evens out the pressure of the clamps. As is true with many diy projects the details are what separate a botched project and a successful one. You can also add phone books to weigh down the large middle surface of the dash cover. One of the most difficult good condition used car parts to find or create for a classic car restoration is the interior wood veneer.

Applying veneer to an exterior door with contact cement isn t adviseable. At that time the process involved was both very expensive and labor. Pretty easy to make and looks so much cleaner than bare door s. In the glory days of rolls royce bentley and jaguar genuine wood interior and dash trim distinguished these cars from their american counterparts.

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. 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. Add three lengths of 1cm thick polystyrene per side then use six g clamps to seal the sandwich between two pieces of chipboard.

Leave for 24 hours. In some cases your may need to install an optional instrument panel trim cover. The use of burl and other hardwood veneer as interior automobile trim has always signaled both elegance and luxury. In this video i make some sick cheap diy door panels for the drift car.

We go into detail on showing using a vacuum bag as well as softening the veneer. The veneer will contract and expand on an ongoing basis which will stress the glue bond to the point of certain early failure. Auto interior wood dashboards plywood and veneer applications. Wood veneer in your classic car needs to look the part or the entire interior is a let down.

Leave it until it is touch dry 5 minutes. Lay thin strips of wood across the glued surface of the ply then position your veneer on top of the wooden lats.