[Healeys] Refinishing dashboard wood

[Stephen Hutchings]

I found the only way to get the old stuff off was to get under it with a pallet knife- it seemed to be impervious to any removers. I didn’t have to use any stain- the burled veneer has quite a lot of colour of its own once the new varnish goes on.
Steve Byers can tell you about a product he used called, something like “Envirotek”.
I used many coats of spar varnish and sanded between coats.

Stephen, BJ8

> On Nov 4, 2018, at 1:40 AM, Kees Oudesluijs <coudesluijs at chello.nl> wrote:
> 
> I have done this on a TR6. The lacquer was probably epoxy as it did not respond to solvents, so I had to sand away the coat. Be very careful as the wood surface may be a very thin veneer easily damaged by sanding. use 400 grade. I used many coats of boat lacquer to finish the dash to build up before sanding the top coat smooth, first with 600, followed by 2000 and a cutting compound to achieve a highly glossy finish.
> 
> Not difficult but very tedious.
> 
> Kees Oudesluijs
> 
> Op 4-11-2018 om 04:12 schreef Bruce Peters:
>> Hi all,
>> My dashboard wood’s clear coat is cracked all over. I’m wondering what type of finish this is and what i should use to recoat it after I’ve sanded it all off. Also, what stain can I use on the wood since I’m likely to have to do some restaining? My car is a 67 BJ8. Thanks in advance for the advice.
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>> Bruce
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