-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barry Schwartz Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 7:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Gluing dash veneer
I am about ready to refinish the dash on the wife's Spitfire resto. I am leaning towards using contact cement(Scotch 90 high strength), but thought I would check to see if anybody has had any experience good or bad with using it, or possibly a suggestion for using something else if that isn't suitable. The dash will still have the original varnish (it won't be removed) but it will be sanded before applying the adhesive. I am adding an oil gauge to the center just because I believe there should have been one originally. It should look really nice when done. The real wood veneer is very thin, approx 1/32nd of an inch thick so I need something that won't bleed through - plus, anybody have a source for white transfer letters??? I used to be able many years ago to buy them but with the advent of computers, transfer type letters are practically obsolete. Barry Schwartz (San Diego) --- Barry, I have used contact cement to stick veneer to metal dash inserts and it has worked well. I can't think of any reason it should not work on a wood dash as well. However, the chemicals in the cement may react with the old varnish, so I would go to the extreme of removing it if it were me. I am not sure to what you are referring when you mention transfer letters. Regards, Joe *** http://www.team.net/the-local *** Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html *** unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try *** http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool *** http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo *** Archives at http://www.team.net/archive *** Edit your replies!
