Thread: Wood Veneer Repair

Have you considered buying a sheet of veneer and doing it yourself.

It isn't that hard unless you want a Rolls-Royce finish.

I made a complete new dash (not just a re-veneer job) for my Hillman Hunter:

Thanks Ron, Your Hillman dash looks great (car I learnt to drive on!). I could see myself making a total mess of trying to cut out all the square apertures for the window switches and getting edges to join nicely but it might come to it yet - have seen lots of veneer suppliers.

Originally Posted by p38arover

I made a complete new dash (not just a re-veneer job) for my Hillman Hunter:

Hmmm - a Hillman Hunter Royal 660 or a Hunter GT was on my shopping list for my very first car many many years ago - but my Dad bought me a Morris 1300 Auto - it had a plastic wood grain dash and like all morrises stopped two hours before the rain arrived.

Carwood restore wood work Carwood

Garry

Mine was a 660. We gave it away 2 years ago - we bought it new in 1971. The new owner is doing a restoration on it. It had almost no rust and we had the original engine all machined, new pistons, etc. in parts in the garage.

Originally Posted by aRRon

Thanks Ron, Your Hillman dash looks great (car I learnt to drive on!). I could see myself making a total mess of trying to cut out all the square apertures for the window switches and getting edges to join nicely but it might come to it yet - have seen lots of veneer suppliers.

Cutting the square holes is easier than you think. One doesn't try to cut them up to the edge. Use a rasp and rat-tail files to trim the veneer back to the edge.

Thanks Garry for the link to Carwood. I've emailed them to see if I can post my bits in.
Regards, Aaron

Give me a call - I specialise in high end veneer work etc and am located on the Sunshine Coast

07 5456 2567

Christopher

Hi Aaron,

I know this was a while ago...just wanted to check if you were happy with the veneer repair at Carwood? I am about to get the veneer in the centre console repaired on my 1995 rrc.

Andrew