I just received my 20 pc zebrawood dash kit from Woodview and I am really impressed with the quality. The problem though, is the kit pcs are a lot darker than the zebrawood in my car. The website said it would be an OEM match for my 1992 300se, but it is not. I do love the color and wonder if anyone can direct me to a place to get the console and door mouldings in the same darker color as the kit. There are some cracks in the existing console anyway. Thanks
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Your bits are darker because the in car wood has been exposed to uv sunlight.. bleaches everything....
Thanks for your suggestion. The two colors are so vastly different it is hard to believe that UV could do this but I guess 17 years is a long time.
I have seen other zebrano accessories on the web that do match my car so I am hopeful that woodview just sent me the wrong version. They do offer a darker and lighter version.
If I do get the lighter version I will still be looking for advice on how to repair the few cracks I have in the console. It looks like only the polyurethane that is cracked.
I have seen other zebrano accessories on the web that do match my car so I am hopeful that woodview just sent me the wrong version. They do offer a darker and lighter version.
If I do get the lighter version I will still be looking for advice on how to repair the few cracks I have in the console. It looks like only the polyurethane that is cracked.
Not neccessarely. For example, guitar soundboards are made as a rule from spruce or cedar in 99%, and they always get darker through time due to sunlight. Thus, it depends on type of the wood.
The best way is to remove the damaged part and scrap (sand) off the old varnish (polyurethane). I would scrap it as much as possible but I would not go to the wood surface with the scraper or sanding paper in order not to hurt the wood. then I would apply (with a brush) only a thinner on a place where the crack is, in order to dissolve the old varnish - the crack will disappear after several actions if the remaining layer of varnish (polyurethane) will not be too large (under 0,2 mm). then you must put 1 or two layers of body varnish and after 24 hours a glossy layer. Of course air gun and compressor is demanded for this. But if you are not familiar with this, let the expert do it .... you have to know when and how to grind the body layer and after all the glossy layer must be polished to achieve shinny gloss.
But if you want to learn about this, then I suggest you to google "guitar varnish", "guitar polyurethane" or similar and you will find all answers
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