W124 Wood
 

I am sure it has been talked about before but I ask again..
Interior wood the Ac the ashtray and wood console does anyone have a how -to -that- works that they have done themselves ?
Other then Heritage works which is $350. anyone else refinish?
Does anyone sell an overlay for the 3 parts? Plastic or simulated wood ?
Has anyone purchesed the kit from performance that sells for $300. which they are currently out of stock on?
anyone spray them black real glossy and have it come out well?
Any other ideas?
Thanks,
Dave

I was wondering this myself. Everytime I look at the wood and see it starting to crack it errks me! Like Dave asks...anyone ever try a Gloss paint? Or a Leather/Vinyl? Not looking to add any Crappy LV, or Gucci...just something tastefull like a Brown Leatherlike Vinyl...or Paint maybe?

CR

HEEEEEYYYY.... I have crappy louis vuitton.:evil: .lol..it will be removed soon...well im going to paint my interior wood but i have a hvlp automotive paint gun and im going to use a base and a clear but im not going to start on the interior till i have to finish the rest of my car first....this is what i did just to hide the wood for now....i know it looks crappy but i don't really care...

By the way im going to try to see if i can do everything in silver burlwood...:zoom:


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did you use House of Kolors; Silver marbalizer? I love that stuff. I've done two motorcycles in that color. Fun stuff. So you're planning on painting wood? why not just lay over real vaneer wood? i'v done this a bunch of times. I thing I have a w124 center done in birds eye maple. My dads a carpenter for over 30 years now :D I use to do this for a living :) to many back problems lifting up them heavy cabinets :( but n e way. if you want some help with you're wood. let me know. I can help you out. maby make your life a little easer.

Albert S.

Naw i used a grocery bag and some cheap silver and black spray paint with a clear laquer total was about $6.50.....I painted it gloss black then cleared it...painted the bag silve layed it on the black then clear it and did it again with black...did this like 4 times and cleared everything after that.....I was thinking about using a veneer but i want to do like a black or silver burl....I don't really know how am i going to do that but i'll have to try it i guess.....

I need help with my wood albert, can you help me out?
anyways, couldnt help it

You can always just get some striper and then recoat it with spar urathane and it turned out fine the last time I messed around with that. I would have needed a couple more coats and a slight wetsand midways but it was clear enough already.

Pete

i saw the interior of a 300ce on cardomain that had the wood painted silver with a black stripe doewn the middle. It looked real nice.I was thinking of doing it to mine, but with a blue stripe, since my soft top is navy blue, interior grey. i'm just worried about messing it up, i dont have much experience with painting anything, let alone wood at that

Please don't paint!!
 

If you paint the wood, IMHO, it will look terrible. Some people put carbon fiber overlays and/or paint the wood silver, etc etc, and I think it looks totally out of place. I say either do it right, or don't do it at all!

Here's a good article on stripping the OEM finish off:

http://boostnbenz.1baddsm.com/DIY/Wood/

However, I've done my fair share of woodworking and I don't recommend putting a final coat on the way he did. I don't have any experience with super high-gloss finishes, but it's generally a good idea to use an HVLP sprayer (high volume, low pressure) made for woodworking. Be very thourough when doing your research. The finish that you'll need to use probably won't be available at Home Depot or Lowes... You'll need to go to a woodworking store like Rockler or Woodcraft. Both have websites if they don't have stores in your area.

If you don't want to go to the hassle of refinishing the wood correctly, I recommend saving up the cash and replacing them will OEM parts. Again, every example of painting I've seen looks aweful. Obviously that's my opinion, but I think if you do your research you will agree with me.

Another option, if you want to change the wood altogether, is to strip the finish off, and carefully sand away the old wood veneer. That will leave the shape of the panel intact, but will give you a new surface to glue to.

Then, go to either Rockler or Woodcraft (or any other high-end woodworking store in your area), and look through their veneer. If you want to upgrade your zebrano wood but want to have it look stock, I recommend a black walnut burl veneer. Buy a book on veneering, and purchase a roller, some adhesive, and the veneer of your choosing.

The next step is to adhere the veneer to the OEM panels. If you're serious about this, you'll use a vacuum system to ensure even pressure is applied while the adhesive is drying. When dry, you can sand it down using very fine sandpaper, then spray the finish on.

Obviously my brief description of the process has holes in it, so you will need to do some reading about how to acheive a piano gloss finish.

I'm an "all or nothing" sort of guy, but please don't ruin your interior by painting!!!

you can still do it. just die the burl ;) I've done birds eye maple with the yellow tint ;) looks OE & pimp.
If I find the peice I'll post it up.

ptoro01 e-mail me if you're seriously interested. You know me, IM always up for anything & will keep my word on the ;)


Albert S.

I want to do it in silver burl...so hit me up if you can get the veneer and how much it will cost to do all that....we also have to get some kind of steam on those parts right?...is it just clamps to mold the wood on the console?

Heres a few examples for the HOK marbelizers ive used. It sorta has the same process as you described.

Carbon Fiber Hooka :)
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Fender Telecaster
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YNVDIZW124 can you show me some kinda example on what you're looking for so that I get a better Idea..



Albert S.

here's one silver Burl that I found.....

http://www.theinstallbay.com/i/products/full/LAMGB.jpg

Holy **** Albert, Let me take that Carbon Fiber hooka off of you! :hammer: :y

I think I'm going to remove the silver from my wood and replace it with Black. I'm kind of tired of the silver now. lol

Acctually I do sell the bases. ;) depending on if you want a complete hooka or just the base? e-mail me if you're serious. but let me warn you, they aint cheep :( carbon prices be extremely high...but i'll take care of you ;)

Albert S.

Albert,

That hooka base is tight, you gotta make me one out of red C/F. I just picked up a 4hose, rotating collar party hooka. Just waiting for better weather to break it in.. Give me a call on the base bro. Anyways back to the subject. You guys can always just go all REAL C/F. pricey but worth it. I agree the fake C/F vinyl overlay looks kinda cheezy:smash: . I just got all my interior pieces back. Everything came out sweet, I'm impressed becuzz they were even able to do the wood roll top in C/F. I'm starting to get tempted like RunEXE and go C/F crazy.

*94EClass that 300CE you're referring to is Alon's I believe. That's actually silver vinyl with the black stripe down the middle.I haven't seen him on here in awhile but Chris knows how to do it, so just him him up

~Cali

okay, so I just re-read my post and realized I may have sounded overly critical. I drive a champagne (well, technically "smoke silver") car with a light tan interior. So C/F and/or paint wouldn't fit my car at all. So I'm biased and I'd never do anything other than real wood. If you had a car the color of Cali's (i.e. a more sporty-looking car), it may fit the car better. But you gotta do it right... No rattle-can jobs!

it's the middle one im looking for but not soo dark!! I was going to buy the HOK marbelizer but it didn't make it look as deep as i wanted too...well tell me when you wanna do a project like this togheter maybe we can bust out with all kinds of wood kits...

Benard, Send me some pictures of your car bro! ;)

how much did you pay for the entire CF interior?

Chris * I got a really good deal on them cuzz I was mess'n:v: with the manager hahahaha. Too bad she got canned though..

I'll post up pics later...

~Cali

Pimpin ain't easy lol....:y

wood
 

All My research ...If you want wood I am looking into this process of Iron on Veneer..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll..._BIN_Stores_IT

if the link doesnt work just search for iron on veneer.. Anyone have any experience with it?
Dave

darn, ben. hook us up next time. it might be more cheaper with a group. :rolf:

my silver vinyl has held up for over 4 years now... soo I'd say it's all good, plus the wood is still underneath if I remove it.

Alon

I'll try but it was hard enough to get it for me, I had to put in overtime on this one...hahaha

You know instead of vinyl they came out with REAL C/F resin sheets that's 3M backed and flexible. It looks pretty good, could be a better option for you guys

~Cali