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erickmarciano

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280SL Wood
« on: February 06, 2004, 22:08:19 »
anyone have closeup phot of the wood in the 280sl? i want to fix the wood but can't find the right finish
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Erick

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Re: 280SL Wood
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2004, 03:27:15 »
Hope this photo will be of some help
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Re: 280SL Wood
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2004, 08:06:42 »
thanks but the link does not work

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Erick

1971 280sl
1962 VW
1954 Allstate vespa
1958 gs150 vespa
1962 gs160 vespa
1994 E500 W124
1971 280sl
1989 Porsche 930 coupe
1988 e30 m3
2001 ducati mh900
2006 ps1000
1962 Vespa GS160

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Re: 280SL Wood
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2004, 11:16:49 »
Here's a link to a page on 113 wood from Heritage Woodworks in NC. He's become the "go-see" guy for wood restoration among many Mercedes folks, including many on this site I'm sure:

http://www.heritagewoodworks.com/W113NewWood.htm

Keep in mind that most people re-finish the wood and make it way too glossy. It should be a very light satin finish that's almost matte.

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Re: 280SL Wood
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2004, 06:47:23 »
Eric,
 I just tried this link and it worked.

 http://www.heritagewoodworks.com/W113NewWood.htm

 I refinished my wood last year and had excellent results with Minwax satin polyurethane in a spray can(Home Depot). It is an interior product but seems to be holding up well(my 280SL is not garaged) I sprayed about 7 coats and sanded between with 220 sandpaper. The sheen is perfect. It worked so well in fact that I put away my spray gun and use it on the Craftsman furniture that I build in my spare time.

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Re: 280SL Wood
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2004, 13:28:43 »
Shvegel  did you put any tint or just natural

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1962 VW
1954 Allstate vespa
1958 gs150 vespa
1962 gs160 vespa
1994 E500 W124
1971 280sl
1989 Porsche 930 coupe
1988 e30 m3
2001 ducati mh900
2006 ps1000
1962 Vespa GS160

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Re: 280SL Wood
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2004, 09:05:43 »
Eric,
I did the finish work last year. As the sun light had whitened the coulor of the wood I tinted it first whith magahony tint. Then three layers of glossy poliurethane coulorless paint to get a flat surface. On top of the glossy layers two layers of poliuurethane satin coulorless paint. This system of satin on glossy is used by the professional painters to get a perfect and durable result of satin painting. Between the layers you need to sand of course. I did this deliberately with already used 200 paper to get a smooth sanded surface. For the painting I used a type of floorpaint that works in a way that sunlight keeps the coulor fresh and darkness will gray the colour. So I have a good excuse to make sunny drives.
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Re: 280SL Wood
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2004, 09:21:32 »
Erick, I did my wood last year, and made a mistake. There were, and are, I think, more than one stain used on the wood. I blindly followed the advice of someone who suggested the use of mahogany stain, and found it was too close in color to the cognac on my dash. I should have used a darker stain, which would have provided a more attractive contrast. The wood is a visual point of interest on your car, and you want it to be noticed.
The lesson I learned is that one should apply some of the stain to a piece of test wood and see how that looks next to his dash material before using that stain for his dash wood.
Joe

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Re: 280SL Wood
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2004, 04:37:17 »
Eric,
 You asked if I stained my wood? I didn't tint mine because I appreciated the color that was there and preferred for the car to show the patina of age. All that said I am a fairly expert wood finisher and had I wanted to "restore" the wood I would use an alcohol soluable stains(available from Rockler woodworking online or any fine woodworking supply house) because of the clarity of color. I would start with a dark mission brown and pick another color that is in the range and mix and match until you get a good match on a test piece. You can also lighten it slightly after the fact by rubbing it with clean alcohol.