Black Wood Grain

[bLACk AurOrA]

i was thinking and i thought. it would be pretty cool to turn my brown wood into the black wood grain you see in expensive luxery cars. any ideas of how or where i could do it?

[erw38]

Paint ;D

Seriously, I think the only way would either be some kind of laminate or tear out the old stuff and get some new stuff.

[Aurora40]

You'd have to strip the urethane off and try to stain the wood. You'd probably ruin the wood in the stripping process.

I think Elan is right.

[bLACk AurOrA]

well im sure its possable somehow. maybe i can find some wood staining place to do it for me?

[BuccaneersFan]

blackaurora said:

well im sure its possable somehow. maybe i can find some wood staining place to do it for me?

Of course anything is possible. . . but how much $$$$ is it going to cost you, that is the question.

[bLACk AurOrA]

anyone have any ideas of where i should go or what i should do? i dont know anything about wood.

[macadamiaman]

Black woodgrain would look nice - I like the black grain they have in some Jags I've looked at.. Sorry, no other advice

[bLACk AurOrA]

yeah thats where i got the idea. from a jag i seen. it wasnt much nicer than my aurora except it had so many cool parts. like big 5 spoke rims, slotted rotors and jag caliper, a little spoiler.

[bLACk AurOrA]

www.wowtrim.com/wood-dash-trim.htm

Titanium Burl wood trim.

[Letitroll98]

I am somewhat of an expert in wood finishes and wooden furniture refinishing, having been in the business for 15 years. What you have here is a veiner over a substrate, in other words a thin sliver of wood bonded to a plastic base. Refinishing this is a matter of removing the polyurethane varnish coating (which would likely remove most of the stain as well, if not there would be a bleaching step), re-staining to the desired color, then applying a protective coating, anything from a poly coating replacement down to a refinishing oil like Tung Oil, Boiled Linseed Oil, or even a wood wax (none I would recommend, stay with the poly).

You would have two problems, removing the poly coating chemically (with paint stripper) may damage the plastic substrate or loosen the veiner, and secondly, removing the poly mechanically (sanding) could wear through the wood veiner. So I would use a very gentle remover like Formby's, mask off all non-wood areas thoroughly, and find a spare blank at a junkyard to try the whole thing out on. And since this kind of thing is not for beginners, I would consider dropping off the pieces at a furniture refinisher in your area. If you decide to try it yourself, contact me and I can give you some more detailed instructions.

Lastly, the easist solution may be here: www.exoticwooddash.com/

[Rora99]

i dont know, personally i like my wood color in my car, and especially in your car with the black interior its looks sexy. i think that just a touch of contrast makes everything look better. im not talking about like putting white rims on a black car kind of contrast, im talking like regular wood grain accents in an aurora with black leather interior ;D

[bLACk AurOrA]

i dont think i would do it anyway. anywood grain is better than nothing and dont get me wrong i do like the wood thats in there. but i think black would be really sharp. but its not worth alot of work for no one to even notice