Recent content by murray1967

here is the dashboard I am working on

I have tried to upload an image. It won't let me, but I have to assume that it won't allow me due to using my phone, maybe..

Well I think I'm getting there. So far I have done the following. 1. Cleaned and sanded the surface 2. applied a wood stain 3. Used regular wood varnish 4. 24hr drying in warm dry cabin. 5. Sanded out with 320 imperfections in the first coat. 6. Heated up varnish and applied 2nd coat 7...

I live in Croatia. Sadly not been in a Halford shop for over 20 years. I remember the old Halford in Falkirk. So whats the difference between lacquer and varnish

Good day. This is part of a post that I discussed in someone else's post. So I will dedicate my own post now to get more input. I have a triumph TR6 and am building my own dash. Its a very basic flat piece of 12mm ply. I have stained the dash and now will embark on varnishing it. I want a...

you know i have just realised that I have kinda hijacked this post. apologies to Skeetstar. I will start a fresh post.

i have a well-insulated cabin. with heating. I stained the dash with Sandolin. Let it dry for a day. I then applied 1 coat of varnish. Let it dry a day, scratched the surface with 320 and have applied the 2nd coat. I have actually no idea what kind of varnish I am using. Questions I should have...

What is olwatrol. I'm un Croatia. Would there be an alternative. As for a varnish. This is for I side. So whats the best varnish. Oil based, water based etc. I have it in a heated garage so weathers not an issue. Much appreciated

by the way, will it help the varnish if I heat it up first and maybe add some thinners. This is new to me and I want to get this dash as good as I can.

to answer all, no relation to Andy. Promise. Cars under tarps, 73 tr6, Mk1 RS2000, V8 MGB GT, morris minor convertible. The dash template I made by first copying the original dash onto a white piece of card. Photo it and then transferred to Coreldraw then to CNC machine. it's all now down to a...

ah ha, perfect. I am building a Triumph TR6 dash and needed this info to get it varnished and polished. Many thanks.

Good day everyone. I am new to the group. my name is Murray. I am from Scotland but have lived in Croatia, near Split, for 21 years. So I am out of work at the mo and have started doing some woodworking jobs. I have made 2 weight training benches and am now working on a new dashboard for my TR6...