Tarting up

[adam quantrill]

Unusually for me I've been doing a few tarting-up jobs on the wedge. Fitted a spangly aly tax disc holder for June's tax disc, then a tip for the exhaust which up til now was a raw stainless pipe. Getting that to stay on was a challenge - I tried drilling but the drill bits were having no impact, so I wedged it on (quite appropriate!) and added exhaust paste to stick it in place.

Lastly the dash veneer has been put back on but it will have to be done again. The varnish kept coming up with a crackle finish a bit like hammerite... so it's on for now for the fest but will come off, get sanded down and I'll find some other better varnish. Any suggestions for good varnish gratefully received!

[mrzigazaga]

You could try some guitar spray lacquer..But you must make sure that the veneer is not contaminated with anything else...
These are the 280 door handles that i made and then had veneered, I cut them down to fit the 350 but the lacquer kept going a little bit milky as the veneer was french polished initially...

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[Wedg1e]

To drill stainless, press hard and drill slowly. Try to get a continuous ribbon of swarf coming away. Stop/start tends to work-harden the surface and will then remove the edge from your drill bit.

[wooly350i]

Wedg1e said:

To drill stainless, press hard and drill slowly. Try to get a continuous ribbon of swarf coming away. Stop/start tends to work-harden the surface and will then remove the edge from your drill bit.

Ay, and break many.

[Hamish400]

I have found cobal drill bits work better than standard ones for stainless steel