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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Studebaker / December 2006WTD: Stude woodgrain photos
I contacted S2Baker offering to mail him some samples of my DIY woodgrain paper so he could post here his honest opinion of how they look. What I would like to do is duplicate the original Studebaker woodgrain as closely as possible using my methods and then scan it to a CD. I could e-mail the file to anyone who could put it on a CD and take it to a color copier to make a print. Color copiers have permanent inks and you can put your choice of varnish finish over them. There are some size restrictions. Color copiers do up to 11" x 17". Larger pieces have to be done with two prints that are bookmatched. If you can e-mail me some pictures of original woodgrain I would appreciate it. Stewart Schooley genus@ncweb.com > I contacted S2Baker offering to mail him some samples of my DIY > woodgrain paper so he could post here his honest opinion of how they look. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Stewart Schooley > genus@ncweb.com Stewart, somewhere on my hard drive I have some digital photos of a NOS dash for a '62 Lark. I don't know if they will be high enough resolution for you to take a stab at duplicating it but I'll email them to you when I get home. nate Which woodgrain , there were 3 or 4 styles. > I contacted S2Baker offering to mail him some samples of my DIY > woodgrain paper so he could post here his honest opinion of how they look. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Stewart Schooley > genus@ncweb.com  SignatureJP/Maryland Studebaker On the Net http://stude.com My Ebay items:http://www.stude.com/EBAY/ 64 GT Hawk 64 Wagonaire 64 Commander 2 dr 63 R2 4 speed GT Hawk 63 Avanti R1 63 Daytona convert 63 Lark 2 door 63 Lark 2 door #2 62 Lark 2 door 60 Hawk 59 3E truck 52 Starlight 52 Starliner 51 Commander > Which woodgrain , there were 3 or 4 styles. John, Any, or all of them. Let me tell you something about me. I'm 75, an artist and retired art teacher. Here are before and after photos of a radio I did. The light areas in the before photo shows where the veneer was missing and I filled it in with wood filler. Second photo is the final result. I did it all with hand painting. I can do this woodgrain work and would like to see if I can be of some help to those who like Studebakers. http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=4cw245l http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=33boawp Best regards, Stewart >> Which woodgrain , there were 3 or 4 styles. > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >Stewart Stewart, I also hang out on rar+p, and have seen and appreciated your posts. Will this transfer method work on compound curves, and could it be used to fill in partially-damaged woodgraining? I have a '40 Champion coupe, and the steel dash panels are woodgrained, presumably lithographed, and it's worn off the high spots. Of course, the graining goes "round the corners" on pieces like the glove box door, and isntrument surround. Once I'm back home, I could try to take some detailed pics, or maybe remove the glove box door and place it on my flat-bed scanner. Thanks for bringing this to the attention of our group here. Gord Richmond > Stewart, I also hang out on rar+p, and have seen and appreciated your posts. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Gord Richmond Gordon, Good to hear from you.I thought the name looked familiar when I saw your post. Refresh your memory with this site. The guy has posted several times on the Antique Radio Forum about his system. Nothing wrong with a guy hawking his wares, but the cost is expensive and if he does your dashboard the cost is really expensive. http://woodgraining.com/videos/ In searching about him I found a directory of photos and he has two people who paint grain lines on corners and recessed areas where his roller doesn't reach. If you did your dash completely new with the acrylic transfer method you would have to cut the paper in difficult areas and paint in grain lines in those small areas. It's not really hard to do. It's all a matter of having the right brush and properly preparing the brush for painting. The acrylic transfer method wouldn't be the ticket for restoring damaged areas. When you can, e-mail me some pics so I can see what your dash needs. The Philco "Bing Crosby" radio/phonograph I posted earlier was done by Ken Wright. Ken and I exchanged at least 25 e-mails each. Ken did some practice and now he can do any photofinish restoration he runs into. All it takes is a little practice in order to get away from any notions that it is "art work" and see it as a methodical, step-by-step process that can give great results. I hope to hear from you soon, Stewart > All it takes is a little practice in order to get away from any notions > that it is "art work" and see it as a methodical, step-by-step process > that can give great results. To some of us, patching a flat plaster wall is "art work" and auto body prep is a black art. That's why we concentrate on what's under the hood :) BTW, you've got mail. Let me know if it's in any way helpful. Unfortunately the dash went with the car when I sold it so I can't take any better pics. nate Signaturereplace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com >> All it takes is a little practice in order to get away from any >> notions that it is "art work" and see it as a methodical, step-by-step [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > nate Nate, I haven't received any e-mails from you. I tried the link and sent an e-mail to myself, it worked fine. Please give it another try. Stewart > >> All it takes is a little practice in order to get away from any > >> notions that it is "art work" and see it as a methodical, step-by-step [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Stewart sent 'em again... I just remembered, as of a couple years ago SASCO still had NOS glovebox doors for a '61-62 Lark; if you are really serious about getting the woodgrain absolutely correct, if they still have them that would give you a sample you could hold in your hand instead of a photo. I almost bought one until I found the whole dash assembly. If you want to try your process, I'd be happy to let you have a beat up dash panel to try :) nate > If you want to try your process, I'd be happy to let you have a beat up > dash panel to try Nate, I'm going to see if I can find something smaller, but more convoluted, to do a test piece. I can take photos as I move along on it and post them later. I won't be fast with this. I have three radio projects people are waiting for me to finish and with my wife's illness, I am the chief cook and bottle washer around here. Only one of the photos gave me a fair idea of the grain. Thats OK for now. I'm sure photos will be plentiful if my test piece convinces people that the process is doable. Thanks, Stewart |
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