[W126 Coupe] Best way to preserve wood trim?

[Mark Reimers]

I just got a quote for the Shifter plate, AC Panel and Ashtray for
around 360 plus shipping from Madera. Just thought you would like to
know what it would cost. I'm going to try them out as I'm not patient
enough for this work.

Mark Reimers
Reimers and Associates, Inc.
775-772-3607
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I had Madera Concepts refinish my console wood and it came back better
than
new.

www.maderaconcepts.com

I hope this helps

Jonathan White

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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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