questions on a woody wagon

derek37

derek37

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I have to check out one of these tomorow (this is not the one i'm doing; just a pic)http://www.torinocobra.com/images/1931FordWoody.jpg



Now I haven't seen it yet, but was wondering what would be the right product to use on the wood areas? I don't know if this car is original or not, but IF it has been redone, would there be any sort of coating on the wood? Clearcoat perhaps? Any thoughts?

Basically what should be used if it is original or if it's been redone?

And if it's original paint, what kind of paint would it be? A laquer? Something else?



I never done anything this old before but I'm looking forward to it.

Thanks for any help.
 
All I know is that if the car has been restored to original then the would is probably varnished. It's also possible it's polyurethane. No reason why you can't polish it.
 
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. And IMO it's almost certain that the wood has been refinished or else it'd be in a museum and would never see the light of day. Polish it *very gently* if you polish it at all, treating it like it's furniture. Don't shoot for marring-free. I'd probably use a paste wax like 476S on it, maybe over something like Meg's #7.



The paint is also almost certainly redone, but it could've been done with most anything. Original would be lacquer and it might've been reshot in that too (that's how I would've had it done). Same ol' same ol' just start very gently and see how it goes. SS lacquer is pretty soft. Something like Meg's #80 would be my starting point (wild guess not having seen it).



The only people I know with a woody (friends from the Jag club) aren't autopian about their detailing yet their woody is OK. So I'd say nothing to be afraid of, just don't do the "perfection at the expense of long-term longevity" approach. You don't want to redo cars like that if you can avoid it, and every polishing counts towards the inevitable point where you can't do any more.



Sounds like a fun job, let us know how it goes.
 
ok guys here it is. It is original wood but like you said, it probably has been redone. The owner is not sure and I don't really know how to tell. He said to not worry about the wood but I still want to clean it. Any ideas on what to use? What about S&W?

Thje paint has been reshot; definitely no clear but owner doesn't know if it is laquer or not. I'm not really worried about the paint. I'm thinking AIO topped with nattys blue.

The owner is having some folks come in from Boston at the end of the week to look at it. He seems to think that they're going to buy it. We'll see.



Do you still think it would be alright to apply a car wax to the wood?

I might call up some rod shops on monday and see what they think.
 
Wooh-hooh that's really something!



Yeah, you can wax the wood. The product I use on interior wood is a mild cleaner wax that has just a touch of abrasive in it. You might try using the AIO *very* gently. I've used it on interior wood before and it worked OK.



If it's nice enough that it only needs some AIO then it won't matter what kind of paint is on it. The AIO/NB combo oughta work well for a pre-sale cleanup.
 
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