[W126 Coupe] Best way to preserve wood trim?

[Jonathan]

Nothing one can do outside of avoiding direct sunlight, & storing in a 
climate controlled garage. I would recommend you get a window shade for 
anytime you have to park outside.

There's no magic product that will add pliability to polyurethane 
coatings that I know of thus as they expand/contract cracks are bound to 
appear.

My advise, but new while it's still available and store it away some 
place cool in your house for future use.

Finding a re-finisher that can do good work is difficult @ best.

Jonathan


Dawid Loubser wrote:

> Hello all,

>

> The burl wood trim in my car is generally still in excellent 

> condition, but some of the

> pieces have started to develop small cracks (e.g. around the window 

> switches, etc).

>

> These few cracks are still in many cases quite small, but obviously 

> penetrate the

> depth of coating of the wood. I want to know if there is anything at 

> all I could do

> or apply to, in the long term, minimise this sort of thing from 

> happening?

>

> I generally don't leave my car in direct sunlight, etc, and I can live 

> with a small

> crack here or there on a 20-year old car, but what could be done in 

> the long run

> to make the wood not look the the wood of the 1963 fintail I'm busy 

> restoring?

> (i.e. completely and utterly cracked, busy with complete re-coating)

>

> What is the best way to keep the wood looking good for the next 20 years?

>

> The only related post I found after extensively searching the 

> archives, is the

> one reproduced below.

>

> thanks,

> D.

>

>

>



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