never again

[AlanD]

well re-veneered another dash for my stag, in burr walnut, never again in burr, the veneer went on a treat all flat, smashing, the bloody stuff soaked up the coating in patches, better in some parts than others, and i ended up with pits and troughs!!
After 20 coats as well!!
Sanded it all flat, back to the veneer in parts, now i'm coating it again in the hope it goes on well now with no pits and troughs this time, so far so good, it has blended very well, you cannot tell where it went back to the veneer at all, so wish me luck lads. i will post some pic's when it's done.

just had to tell someone

Alan

[Giles]

it will be worth it once it is done!

[AlanD]

Thanks Giles, just got to me as i have been off this week and made a start on it Monday morning, stripped the dash etc re-veneered, laqured etc, was looking forward to polishing it up today and fitting in the morning.

[73stagman]

There's something about walnut burr I had a similar problem before I changed to the American walnut. On the Spitfire dash panels (I did four complete sets) I did sometime ago I had no problems but this lot for the Stag just wouldnt take the lacquer, it kept "reacting" like a bad paint mix.. maybe I got a batch of veneer with some oil of some type in it. Anyway its done now and I wont be doing anymore for a while.

[AlanD]

Hi Neil,
i know what you mean
i cleaned it with thinners first as per the last one i did, no problems with that one, but the burr, it seems as though the dark is a lot more pourous and soaked up more of the laquer, i have used the same thinners, glue everything, i think next time it will be a flatening session half way through, then final coats as i have done now, it is a lot lot better, hopefully i will post pics tomorrow

Alan

[alan_thomas]

I did mine in Burr oak. Same problems, arrived with as many up and downs as the cotswolds. I 'misted it' with a water sprayer then pressed it flat. It looked good when I had glued it on then the first coat of varnish revealed pits and crests. Lots of sanding and more coats the pits were still there but the end result was acceptable.
Would a use a Burr veneer again - No!

- Alan

[elvimto]

I just did my gauge panel last night with American walnut it glued ok but cutting it out was painful at the last bit where the idiot cluster goes I cut a small chunk then another small piece on the top corner splintered off Aggggghhhh i think it will be fine, first time doing this, I have another gauge panel that I can redo since I have learned a lot on this one, just the glove compartment and the to side bits to do then stain and seal.

cheers Stuart

[GTJones]

Hi Stuart

What stain are you using? - i am trying a few at the moment but can not get the same yellowy/red colour? best match is a very light cherry on the American Black Walnut.

Gary

[AlanD]

if you lay the veneer on a flat surface and then lay the wood on top, put a little pressure on and move it in a circular motion it will spread the glue over the edges and stop it splitting when you cut near to the edges, the glue holds it together better and allows you to cut it with a stanley blade. Then clamp it up.
i hope i have explained it well enough and hope this helps guys

Alan

[elvimto]

I used a golden mahogany two applications on a test piece It just depends on what your preference is I prefer a medium brown to a dark I am going to try a couple of others before I get the end product I may even try mixing up some. Once i figure out or remember how to post pictures i will. Seems that there are a few people out there doing dashes at the moment.

cheers Stuart

[Ian Durrant]

Hi Stuart

What stain are you using? - i am trying a few at the moment but can not get the same yellowy/red colour? best match is a very light cherry on the American Black Walnut.

Gary

Hi Gary,
That sort of honey red is a result of ageing as far a i can tell. The "last stag off the line" at the heritage museum is not that honey red at all (I guess it's been mostly inside and out of the sun).

For that reason I won't be redoing mine as I really like the patina and colour of the aged original too.
Kind regards
Ian