Interior Door Trim Refurbishment Options

[islander]

Originally I had 2 different interior door trims, one was an early flat type with real veneer and the other was a domed type with a painted on veneer effect. The veneer on the flat one has long since fallen off.

I have recently got hold of 2 more domed type trims (Thanks Paul in Essex! the guy breaking the 400SE) The question is what sort of effect to go for now I have 2 matching ones.

Options are, 1.repeat veneer type finish, 2. Colour Code to Car Colour (Italian Red), 3. Paint Black to provide a contrast between the Tan leather interior, 4. Apply a Carbon Effect, 5. Remove existing veneer effect and leave a polished aluminium surface.

First Question is what have you done? Picture please if possible. Second one is what should I do?

[leorest]

When my dash veneer flaked off many moons ago I [i]temporarily{/i} painted the metal with "alloy wheel paint" No pictures unfortunately but it looks good enough that I'm contemplating doing the door trims to match. IMHO wood veneer onto thin metal is always going to flake off and I'd be mortified to pay the figues quoted to re-veneer only to have it fall off a couple of years later.

[adam quantrill]

1. I redid mine in some veneer I had going spare and it looks quite good. Allow a few weeks for the varnishing, take it slowly, a coat every couple of days.

5. I think you'll find the metal is mild steel, not aly. But you could put aly on top, I suppose.

[dickymint]

http://web.archive.org/web/20051228123055/www.pixe...

[blaineuk]

a picture of mine with the wood removed and then painted the same colour as the car, my door trims have been wire wooled back to the ally to match the dash.

eta door trims are from the car featured in the above post by dicky

Edited by blaineuk on Monday 8th October 22:42