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01-28-2006, 08:31 PM
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Success in getting the finish off the wood trim.
Maybe this should be in the detailing forum but I put it here anyway.
It took me about 2 hours to get all the finish off these two peices of wood trim. I am amazed at how different the bare wood looks. Now I believe that is really is Zerba wood.   I used a sharp chisel and carefully chipped the finish away. I caught a few pieces of wood, so I did have a little tear out. I bet when I finish them you won't even be able to tell. I am sure if I was more carefull and took more time I could have done it flawlessly. I gave them a light sanding. There is more material there than people have led me to believe. Now I will attempt to refinish them. This is the wood worker in me.
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Andrew '04 Jetta TDI Wagon  '82 300TD ~ Winnie ~ Sold '77 300D ~ Sold
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01-28-2006, 08:33 PM
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How will you refinish them? What kind of substance is really on them? I have some flaking off on some wood I have and its really thick.
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01-28-2006, 08:55 PM
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I haven't figured out what I will refinish them with. I may hit up the local Woodcraft store and see if they have any suggestions. I may try Home Depot for the same reason. I will report back when I figure something out.
I put my calipers on several of the pieces of the finish. They were just under 1mm think. Pretty thick when you think about putting finish on a piece of wood.
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01-28-2006, 09:01 PM
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Try HELMSMAN, its a spray on thing, i remember reading a complete step by step somewhere, i'll post the URL once i find it.
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01-28-2006, 09:09 PM
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85 190E 2.3(SOLD) 86 230E (-->300D) sold 87 300D (-->300TD) sold 68 250S w/ a 615 and manual tranny (RIP) 87 300TD (SOLD) 95 S280 "The KRAKEN" (Turbo 2.9 602 transplant) traded 86 190E 2.3... current project Last edited by whunter; 12-31-2007 at 03:42 AM.
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01-28-2006, 09:24 PM
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Good. Good. I will try it.
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Andrew '04 Jetta TDI Wagon '82 300TD ~ Winnie ~ Sold '77 300D ~ Sold
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