[Spits] Vinyl door capping

[Daniel parrott]

How about a veneer door topping?  I took a 6 inch wide strip of matching
left over veneer from my dashboard project and let it soak overnight in warm
water.  The next day, I carefully inserted the veneer between the door and
the chrome window strip, and curved the veneer downward, holding the lower
edge in place with the inner door panel.

I let it dry thoroughly for a couple of days.  Then I carefully trimmed the
veneer ends to fit the top of the door. Because the end of the door nearest
the door handle has several compound curves, I trimmed the veneer to fit,
and painted the door black.

Glued the veneer down and with a coat of urethane, it looks pretty good!

-----Original Message-----
From: spitfires-bounces+parrotthead01=comcast.net at autox.team.net
[mailto:spitfires-bounces+parrotthead01=comcast.net at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of mark.jones at exxonmobil.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:04 AM
To: spitfires at autox.team.net
Subject: [Spits] Vinyl door capping

I'm busy reassembling my Spitfire; would be nice to have it back on the
road this month.

I bought the vinyl door capping but found the ones I received were about an
1" too short from front to back.  Anyone else found this?

Also, has anyone tried using a piece of vinyl to make their own?  It
actually looks like it should be fairly easy to make.

Mark
80 Spitfire 1500
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