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Yeah those guys are around the corner from me...
There stuff is pretty cheap looking. I went to see them because they do a custom "carbon fiber look" I considered covering my wood with. There stuff is all a film that they cover your pieces with. The "carbon fiber look" stuff appears just OK. It doesn't have that deep 3D look of real CF, it looked fake. I thought my BMW OE wood trim was fake until the guy at exoticwooddash told me it was real. I don't have the heart to cover my real wood with some bogus fake stuff.
Originally Posted by RobPatt
...cool, thanks, didn't know that.... (nt)
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Ya know, come to think of it, EVERY wood piece has a crack somewhere on the lacquer... hmmm
Custom Turbocharged 1991 535iM - 135k mi.
Lacquer Craking
I'm not sure if its here or on the roadfly E34 board, but there's a very well written descrption on how to refinish your woodgrain trim I found last year in the archives. It is indeed the clearcoat lacquer thats cracking and not the wood itself.
I believe you first strip the lacquer off it and then you must sand and then restain. It seemed like a lot of work, but doable... perhaps even easy if you're a woodworker or deal with boats. Not sure if I'll go this route or just repalce it (not cheap).
Tom Der
North Hampton, NH
90 535iM
91 M3
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