Restore Interior Wood

[mini1]

What do you use to remove the scratching, marring and hazing on factory interior wood? No matter what I do, the wood always seems to get scratched. I`ve got cars brand new and the wood is already full of micro-scratches, swirls, and hazing. How do I restore the wood and make it look like new without doing any damage to it? I want to be able to look at the wood in the sun and not see any micro scratching, swirls or haze. Rarely, does a client ask me to restore their wood, but my person collection of cars could use some help.

[BobD]

A lot of the wood in cars has a clear on it that you can take care of similar to paint.

[Bostonsfavson]

A lot of the wood in cars has a clear on it that you can take care of similar to paint.

+1. On my truck, I use IP and a terry cloth. Cleans it up nicely. Be sure you do a test spot first.

[tom p.]

What do you use to remove the scratching, marring and hazing on factory interior wood? No matter what I do, the wood always seems to get scratched. I`ve got cars brand new and the wood is already full of micro-scratches, swirls, and hazing. How do I restore the wood and make it look like new without doing any damage to it? I want to be able to look at the wood in the sun and not see any micro scratching, swirls or haze. Rarely, does a client ask me to restore their wood, but my person collection of cars could use some help.

a fine polish followed by carnauba



(Zymol has a product specifically for this task, I own it. Any hi-grade carnauba will yield an excellent result.)

[Accumulator]

mini1- Just be a little careful how aggressive you get, the clear on the wood might not be all that thick and you don`t want to take off enough to compromise the UV protection.

a fine polish followed by carnauba



(Zymol has a product specifically for this task, I own it..)

I bet the stuff you have is the same as mine! I got mine from Beverly Hills Motoring Accessories back in `85 and it has their name on the label, but on the bottom of the jar is the Zymol eagle and logo.



Is yours a rather granular, yellow wax?

[tom p.]

Is yours a rather granular, yellow wax?

It kind of looks like a cruder version of their traditional blue "creme" product. Yes, it`s a light yellow color.



Emmons Coachworks, Ltd.

[Accumulator]

tom p.- Yeah, that appears to be it all right, still a little 2 oz. jar too. Gee, hadn`t thought about Emmons in a while..

[tom p.]

I`ve got two jars of the stuff. I bought the 2nd one recently from someone on this forum that didn`t want it. It`s a neat product, but any quality carnauba could replace it.

[mini1]

Can I just take Meg`s NXT 2 to the wood? I don`t want to damage it since it costs $1000`s to replace.

[tom p.]

Mini, do you believe the Meg`s product you mention will remove scratches?

[Accumulator]

IMO at some point it`s not a bad idea to just keep the wood clean and protected and let the marring go. I know..more of my Autopian Heresy, but if it`s gonna keep getting marred up anyhow you can only do so much polishing.



I haven`t polished the interior wood in Accumulatorette`s A8 for quite a while, and it could sure use it, but I`m just letting it go for now as I sure don`t want to have to get it refinished. For that matter, the wood in the S8 isn`t exactly *perfect* these days either but I`m not losing sleep over it.

[mini1]

So I should use a standard carnauba wax and not a higher end syn wax?

[tom p.]

• Polish
  
• Carnauba
  

[Accumulator]

So I should use a standard carnauba wax and not a higher end syn wax?

Either one oughta work fine, with the normal diffs in appearance. The wood has clear of some kind over top of it anyhow, the LSP won`t actually touch the wood itself.