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The Primavera Tree



This is the best that was on my car.



Brian

Hi All,

I wanted to make a brief product report on woodgraining. This was a great and very informative thread; it led me to explore the company GIT (Grain-It Technologies, mentioned above; check out: woodgraining.com) further. I ended up ordering supplies from them and doing the garnish mouldings on my 38 coupe with their products. I want to report that I have been very satisfied with the results. Their process (as they claim) is pretty much the original one, using a base coat of color, followed by an application of ink with a roller that has been passed over a metal plate that has been etched with the particular grain pattern that will be used. For the 38 grain, which in the owner's manual is described as "Primavera" (see posts above), I used their "driftwood" base, ink, and toner, and the primavera plate (mahogany plate could also be used). The roller supplied in the kit is made of a very peculiar substance, a rubbery sort of stuff, that picks up the ink on the metal plate; it, in turn, is rolled onto the moulding and leaves a very realistic looking grain pattern.

The supplies are not cheap, but they do provide everything you need. I probably have about $450-500 in the supplies. To have these mouldings done professionally would cost at least twice that, and I have the satisfaction of having learned something new. The kit comes with an excellent DVD that explains clearly all of the steps, etc. I also found the company to be incredibly responsive to email correspondence and questions; in other words, top-notch on customer service.

I thought this info might be useful to some of you who are thinking about woodgraining.

Yours,

Jim

Yes- "Grain-it-Technology" is a very reputable company and also very helpful. Myself and another member in our local VCCA club are doing a 33 Towne Car and we purchased one kit approx. $400 and except for the base coat it was enough to do both cars. Between both of our cars we had 20 Garnish mouldings, two dashs, four ashtrays and two robe rails. Everything came out perfect. The base coat is about $25 per aerosol can and if memory serves me right it took approx 10 cans. I had contacted a company in Arizona that does this service and they said it would be approx $1900 to do my car (one car).

hoppy

Since my 51 wagon is a "driver" and I don't wish to spend a zillion $'s, I go to Home Depot, buy a quart of Gelstain (mahogany) and brush it on. A week later, I varnish on a semi clear varnish and it looks pretty damn good! Of course it is not show quality, but most people observing the car believe it is real wood. Total cost is about 20.
The dinoc looks real good, but you have to buy a fair amount of it and I don't know how difficult it is to cut out to exacting standards. They do have every conceivable color and wood pattern imaginable though ....

http://www.woodgraining.com/

Read/enjoy this entire website first. Decals were not what was used according to this guy. He shows the whole process here and advertises his products as well. It is fascinating. One could make a tin woody with this technique, as well as any dash and interior graining. I think even an average guy could certainly make a presentable grain by following these techniques.