'96 Wood trim

[UDL]

The wood trim in my wife's '96 Mark had started to loose the resin coating. It was peeling and lifting off.

So, I waited until a real hot day and carefully peeled off the rest of it (they came off in a complete strip) and discovered some real nice walnut veneer under it.

I masked the entire door and gently sanded the veneer smooth and relieved the sharp edges with some 320 and 400 sand paper. Can't get heavy handed here as this veneer is only about 1/64th in thick. Don't even think of using a power sander.

Then I applied about 6-8 THIN coats of spray varnish (you can also use Clear Krylon).
Let it dry a bit in bewteen coats.

Now it looks better than the original resin coating, although you need to be more careful with it as it will get damaged and scratched a lot easier.

[pro-five-oh]

UDL, the wood trim on the doors on a 1996 model? I think that is aftermarket stuff, but its good to know that is it pretty thin.

Thanks for the info.

[UDL]

quote:Originally posted by pro-five-oh:
UDL, the wood trim on the doors on a 1996 model? I think that is aftermarket stuff, but its good to know that is it pretty thin.

Thanks for the info.

Uhhmmm, I don't think aftermarket.

The doors, the dashboard, the area around the light switch, etc. I am the second owner of this car and the original one was an old guy that would not have added any aftermarket stuff to it. IIRC there is something about it in the original sales brochure. It fits too well to be AM.
In any event, looks real nice now.