The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

I was toying with the idea of making some new door cappings rather than all the hassle of removing the old tough varnish, removing any water stain damage then going from there. A friend bought a big table saw that's sat in my garage so I thought I'd have a go ripping down some 2"x1" hardwood batten.
My real question is what timber is it? I have a 1500TC but if it works then I'd happily make more, lacquer a load at the same time then send them out. I'll make the first set and try yet again to post a picture.

Rather than go to the trouble of making completely new cores for the door cappings, why not remove the remaining flaked varnish and the veneer by mechanical sanding (it's not that much different to sanding through paint and filler) and re-veneer the capping. Mechanical sanding gives you a better chance of keeping crisp angles between the various faces of the capping.
The original veneer was only applied to the vertical face of the capping. I think it was probably European walnut as I have some American walnut veneer which is going to take some staining to get the colour right.

American Black Walnut Crown matches my dash perfectly, door cappings are much brighter though, suspect that's sunlight bleaching.

http://www.thewoodveneerhub.co.uk/ameri ... le-veneer/

On some cappings you can hardly tell the difference between the veneered face and the non veneered faces. I would go ahead and sand them, then apply at least 5 coats of varnish, rubbing down with wire wool in between each coat. I did some a few months ago and they came up really well.

Or as the other post says, sand them and then re-veneer them nice bit of walnut here for example: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wood-veneer-A ... Sw44BYJjeJ

They're way too dark and the wrong grain. Bearing in mind that mines a 1500tc might it be something else?

I think the veneer is the same on the 1500TC as the Dolomite, the difference is the depth of the door capping.
American walnut seems to differ significantly from European, it may be a matter of looking at a variety of suppliers until you find one with a grain pattern that suits your preferences. Crown cut veneer gives a mix of wide and close grain, quarter cut is more uniform in grain width and closer in appearance to Triumph's original choice of timber.

marko wrote:They're way too dark and the wrong grain. Bearing in mind that mines a 1500tc might it be something else?

Yes, sorry I wasn't going for originality, can choose any colour etc, same as a respray. It may be tempting to apply veneer to all the faces of the capping too, as well as dash and glove compartment etc. I am sure there will be some veneer out there that gives a good match.

I used this company down in Corwall.
http://www.woodveneeruk.co.uk/categorie ... od+Veneers

But I selected the teak veneer as this was a very 1970s wooden finish.
Tony.

I used laquer as well,and its been fine for the last 8 years.Still look as good as they day I finnished them.

Hi,
When I had my 1974 Sprint door wood trims analysed by a carpenter joiner some 25 years ago, hi sniffed them and instantly said Brazilian Mahogany with English walnut veneers.
Not sure you will find Brazilian Mahogany in your local saw mill though !