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Post by louise on Mar 13, 2022 14:25:01 GMT
Hi all I am stripping down a front door and have followed the manual instructions and got all handles etc removed but the wood waist trim, it says there are four screws, two are obvious once the door card is removed but the other two?  Mine is a 3 litre but as we share the same doors thought I would quiz you guys. Thanks Louise |
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Post by Penguin45 on Mar 14, 2022 0:05:37 GMT
Is this the capping strip above the door card, Louise? If so, there should be four metal tags that hang below it which are revealed. Each one has a screw and when removed you should be able to bump the strip upwards and off.
C.
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Post by andrewa on Mar 14, 2022 8:47:00 GMT
Not sure ... on my 1800 it was faux wood/painted metal and you just undid the screws and pushed it up and away as per Penguin - yours will be the same as the Wolseley 18/85 I'm pretty sure - hopefully someone with one of those will be along soon to confirm 100%.
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Post by louise on Mar 14, 2022 18:43:01 GMT
Hi thank you for the help, just panicked a bit when the manual said four screws and we could only see two, took the two screws out and a smallish bash upwards and it came off in one piece. The clips were well and truly holding it, here goes for the tricky bit of re veneering, all four door caps have wood but no veneer left. Thanks again for the help.
Louise
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Post by Penguin45 on Mar 15, 2022 0:46:09 GMT
Now that's a funny thing. The top cappings on my 18/85 were horribly damaged. After stripping of the remains of the veneer, I found that the base wood was actually a rather attractive mahogany type. I ended up refinishing that and staining it down before applying plenty of lacquer. They looked very smart and a d@mn sight easier than re-veneering! HERE - P3 onwards. C. |
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Post by snoopy11 on Mar 15, 2022 19:01:31 GMT
When I did my door trims I’m pretty certain that the top layer was some sort of hard coating that had to be carefully picked off leaving the wood effect finish underneath
I had them refinished by a French polishing company
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Post by louise on Mar 20, 2022 18:39:50 GMT
Hi all one door top succesfully re veneered ready for many coats of laqure, I will put up a pic soon. Another question really what do you all clean your vinyl seats etc with? and if you need to replace any vinyl anywhere where do you get it from? is it possible to have it colour matched anywhere? Thankyou Louise
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Post by louise on Mar 20, 2022 18:55:25 GMT
just tried to put pics up but said too big sorry not my area of know how.
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Post by snoopy11 on Mar 20, 2022 19:38:03 GMT
Hi all one door top succesfully re veneered ready for many coats of laqure, I will put up a pic soon. Another question really what do you all clean your vinyl seats etc with? and if you need to replace any vinyl anywhere where do you get it from? is it possible to have it colour matched anywhere? Thankyou Louise When I had some work done on my seats I struggled with a colour match. I ended up finding the closest possible match and re-trimming the top part of the rear seat with it. The material salvaged from that was then used for repairs on the front seats. You have to be in the know and looking to see it |
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Post by louise on Mar 20, 2022 19:39:49 GMT
From this  o this  ah dah |
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Post by Penguin45 on Mar 21, 2022 0:19:23 GMT
Nice bit of shine starting to appear there.
Posting pictures is a problem. Being a free site, we have very limited storage space and would much prefer that you posted using a hosting site such as Flickr or the like.
Chris.
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Post by Penguin45 on Mar 21, 2022 0:28:56 GMT
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Post by louise on Mar 21, 2022 20:24:25 GMT
Thank you for doing that I will have to ask the kids to help out with flicker.
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Post by Penguin45 on Mar 22, 2022 0:16:57 GMT
Teenagers? You'll get the "Duh, Mum" (Or Dad in my case.) and the rolling of the eyes and the huffing and the puffing....  My lads are well into the twenties now and just accept that Dad's an old dinosaur who just needs humouring with technology. Seriously, there are a number of hosting sites about these days and most are fairly intuitive to use after a couple of goes. Just beware of Photobucket. Hated by many after attempting to hold the entire internet to ransom some years back. Forums died in droves as a consequence and many have never forgiven them. Chris. |
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Mine is a 3 litre but as we share the same doors thought I would quiz you guys. Thanks Louise
My lads are well into the twenties now and just accept that Dad's an old dinosaur who just needs humouring with technology.