The Wood in my car... is cracked, I would dearly love to replace it but finding the original wood in decent condition... Well, will never happen, so I was thinking about replacing the wood veneer with new wood that would closely match the original, it would be stained and lacquered etc. Does anyone know a source for wood veneer, I have some spare switch panels i'd love to try it on before I go through the hassle of buggering around with mine

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

I was going to order from these people for my E9 project but then I bought two diesels... then another fiero... then an F250... then 3 jettas... then the E9 went back into storage haha

http://www.oakwoodveneer.com/

Veneer isn't that hard to do, Woodcraft has a good selection, but getting the new finish to the level of the old finish would be a challange.

You would need a dust free spray booth and a very good HVLP gun. Not sure what MB sprayed, some sort of poly. Its not a varnish or anything like that.

I had my friend look at it, he does wood finish work on a multi million dollar boats and gets paid a lot to do it. After looking at it he said he couldn't duplicate the factory finish without a ton of work. MB managed to get the finish totaly dust free, even under strong fluorescent light that shows everything you can't see any dust. Only way to get that is in a clean room. If you do it in your garage or basement its going to look like freaken sand paper from all the dust.

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1969 280SE
2027 Ram 1500
2026 Genesis GV70
2007 Tiara 3200
1988 Egg Harbor 37
1981 Boston Whaler 17

here's another one for y'all. Do you know what type of wood that MB used? I have enough time on my hands to make it pretty darn close to the finish that mb had. did they use a maple, Cherry..?

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

Zebrano?

It is zebrano wood.

Obviously, you wont get a *perfect* finish, but you can get close. Multiple coats of spar urethane would get it looking good.

Keep in mind, you will have to refinish all the wood in the car for the color to match. all wood darkens over time.

good luck, its a fun project

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Eugene

10 E63 AMG
93 300te 4matic
07 BMW X3
14 Ford F-150 Fx2

I plan on Redoing it all... I dont know where to even find Zebrano wood.

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

Google, and you will find plenty of places which claim to sell it. I do recall someone around here buying a bunch of veneer sheets from somewhere, but I can't remember who or where.

the oakwood place has it... Expensive...

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

Yes, it is expensive. No question about that. But you aren't trying to redo the interior of a Camry.

True.

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

Follow BodhiBenz's instructions

http://savingchase.com/diy-pages/wood/

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

$130 for 32 square feet. Get them to send you some free samples to see how close they can get to mercedes zebrano. Two foot by one foot should do a console. 16 pieces. $8.13 per person roughly. Post in the for sale section and lets all go in on enough to do our center consoles. BAM!

Thought about just that! I want to make sure I do quality work. So ill see what samples I can get.

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

I meant divide up the material, not have you do all the work, it's a lot of work and I'd imagine your time is worth money. But for $10 I'd buy a section of correct zebrano. The problem is around the HVAC controls and the ashtray. Those are hard to do and mine aren't that bad so I'd just do the center console but if the new veneer is way off it will look wrong.