wood trim re-veneer

[wellskint]

the varnish on my 1500 door trims in particular has been chipped over time and i'm interested in having a go at re-doing them. has anybody tried this with successful results and if so how did you go about it and what was the result! thanks

[cleverusername]

the varnish on my 1500 door trims in particular has been chipped over time and i'm interested in having a go at re-doing them. has anybody tried this with successful results and if so how did you go about it and what was the result! thanks

Is the varnish that has gone or the veneer itself? The problem is the veneer is very thin and the lacquer that Triumph used is tough to remove.

I had ago on mine and the results weren't great, I ended up sanding through the veneer and re-veneering something that shape isn't the easiest process.

Not to put you off, but my advice would be to take it slow and gentle. Once you make a mistake it isn't easy to correct it.

[series111]

I removed the veneer with my wife's iron ( don't tell her ) and gave the trims a good rub down with light grade sand paper, then gave them 5 coats of varnish rubbing down lightly with light grade steel wool in between coats, I used normal gloss varnish and imo I think they came out very well. I did all the door trims insurment panel and glove box in the same way.

[cleverusername]

I removed the veneer with my wife's iron ( don't tell her ) and gave the trims a good rub down with light grade sand paper, then gave them 5 coats of varnish rubbing down lightly with light grade steel wool in between coats, I used normal gloss varnish and imo I think they came out very well. I did all the door trims insurment panel and glove box in the same way.

The problem with that is you no longer have a veneered piece of wood, you just have a piece of varnished pine. Fair enough if that is what you want, but isn't what the car originally came with.

[series111]

The door trims on my car where made of hard wood may be mahogany, maybe some one in the passed had remade them but they look like the spare set that I have and look original. they are defiantly not pine or soft wood

[GTS290N]

The door trims on my car where made of hard wood may be mahogany, maybe some one in the passed had remade them but they look like the spare set that I have and look original. they are defiantly not pine or soft wood

Ditto. The trims on my car are made of some dark wood, as are all I've seen. I managed to retain most of the veneer by using a heat gun, a shave hook, and lots and lots of patience. However once stained and varnished, perhaps it was a complete waste of time. All the stains completely change the look of the wood, then add varnish, and it can be any colour you want.
I've seen some undamaged originals though, reasonably dark and vaguely walnutty-ish.