Early Glove box
Discussion
Hi mate..Havent you got any furniture restorer's near you...It really does look like its just the laquer that has cracked due to cold weather in which case it will just need the removal and re-application of the laquer..I did ask a furniture restorer near me but he only french polishes..What kind of laquer is another story though...ziga
I used this chap in the mid 90's, and it still looks as good today, nice guy and QUALITY work.
P W Cooper
Unit 6 -7, Quakers Coppice
Crewe Gates Industrial Estate
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 6FA
01270 253460
If your glove box lid was like mine it appeared the crack was only in the lacquer, but the it also went through the veneer.
Chris.
P W Cooper
Unit 6 -7, Quakers Coppice
Crewe Gates Industrial Estate
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 6FA
01270 253460
If your glove box lid was like mine it appeared the crack was only in the lacquer, but the it also went through the veneer.
Chris.
dixiebabes said:
Nobody wants to or seems to know how to repair the crack in the lacquer. Can anybody post me a link for someone who can repair it or has anybody got one for sale its the early lid without the leather surround?
Dix
Send it to London Carriage Craft. Jon done! Dix
http://www.london-carriage-craft.com/tvr.htm
Hi Guys
please let me put your minds at ease with regards to any restoration that needs to be carried out on your TVR's.
Please ask about myself (Malcolm Hall) or London Carriage Craft on this site, and you will soon see I can do anything you require, even down to colours, like a grey veneer, which carried out on a S3 many years ago.
Please view the thumbnails below, so that you are confident we can carry out your restoration :0)
I would like to give you an insight to why the cracking appears on these fascia's
The main reason for the cracking is due to the lack of adhesion of the veneers to the sub-straights. This happens for many reasons, as it has become apparent to me over the years of restoring many many of the TVR range and other marques of classic cars, that those that have had veneers adhered onto steel, have not had the surface of the steel 'keyed' whereas the steel surface needs to be sanded to gain a good adhesion between sub-straight and veneer. Another reason is the laquare is put on way to thick, which needs to expand and contract with all the components within its makeup, or the typical cracking occurs, which unfortunately cannot be repaired, which is why it generally takes the veneer with it. This is why it is inevitable that you will need the items re-veneered and polished.
The beauty of today adhesives and laquares, is that they have a plastizer within there make, simular to the paint on the fibre glass bodywork which allows for more expansion and contraction, as the interior of any vehicle is the worst enviroment for natural products such as veneer and leather.
Well I hope this gives you guys an insight to what I have learnt in the nearly 40 years of being in this trade, from an apprentice at Rolls Royce in 1973, to working at Hooper Coach builders from 1982-86 to building my business to this present day.
Please give me a call to discus your requirements on 07836 258 926 or 020 8428-3991
www.london-carriage-craft.com
Cheers Malc
Chimeara
Giffith
Conversion we carried out on a DB9 from r/h/d to l/h/d
please let me put your minds at ease with regards to any restoration that needs to be carried out on your TVR's.
Please ask about myself (Malcolm Hall) or London Carriage Craft on this site, and you will soon see I can do anything you require, even down to colours, like a grey veneer, which carried out on a S3 many years ago.
Please view the thumbnails below, so that you are confident we can carry out your restoration :0)
I would like to give you an insight to why the cracking appears on these fascia's
The main reason for the cracking is due to the lack of adhesion of the veneers to the sub-straights. This happens for many reasons, as it has become apparent to me over the years of restoring many many of the TVR range and other marques of classic cars, that those that have had veneers adhered onto steel, have not had the surface of the steel 'keyed' whereas the steel surface needs to be sanded to gain a good adhesion between sub-straight and veneer. Another reason is the laquare is put on way to thick, which needs to expand and contract with all the components within its makeup, or the typical cracking occurs, which unfortunately cannot be repaired, which is why it generally takes the veneer with it. This is why it is inevitable that you will need the items re-veneered and polished.
The beauty of today adhesives and laquares, is that they have a plastizer within there make, simular to the paint on the fibre glass bodywork which allows for more expansion and contraction, as the interior of any vehicle is the worst enviroment for natural products such as veneer and leather.
Well I hope this gives you guys an insight to what I have learnt in the nearly 40 years of being in this trade, from an apprentice at Rolls Royce in 1973, to working at Hooper Coach builders from 1982-86 to building my business to this present day.
Please give me a call to discus your requirements on 07836 258 926 or 020 8428-3991
www.london-carriage-craft.com
Cheers Malc
ChimearaGiffithConversion we carried out on a DB9 from r/h/d to l/h/d Edited by LCC on Monday 17th December 21:37
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