retroshaun
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Hey guys
Soon I will start restoration on a cab thats in a bit of a state, but very repairable. The only bits I am wondering about are the sides. There has been some obvious water damage to the top which has made the top of each side swell and break away a bit. I can use wood hardener to get a better structure and then sand it, but the wood itself has a thick laminate applied, which has also broken away with the wood.
So how would one go about repairing this? I was hoping not to laminate the entire side... would it be possible to bondo the broken areas and then simply repaint the entire side or will paint not take well to the laminate?
The current laminate has quite a textured feel to it, but its plain, mid brown colored so matching should be very simple. The only other complication would be that I will then apply a new sideart sticker over the top if the finished sides, so again - would the combination of paint and artwork take well onto laminate?
Any advice would be appreciated - before I go and make a complete mess of it!
Cheers!
Soon I will start restoration on a cab thats in a bit of a state, but very repairable. The only bits I am wondering about are the sides. There has been some obvious water damage to the top which has made the top of each side swell and break away a bit. I can use wood hardener to get a better structure and then sand it, but the wood itself has a thick laminate applied, which has also broken away with the wood.
So how would one go about repairing this? I was hoping not to laminate the entire side... would it be possible to bondo the broken areas and then simply repaint the entire side or will paint not take well to the laminate?
The current laminate has quite a textured feel to it, but its plain, mid brown colored so matching should be very simple. The only other complication would be that I will then apply a new sideart sticker over the top if the finished sides, so again - would the combination of paint and artwork take well onto laminate?
Any advice would be appreciated - before I go and make a complete mess of it!
Cheers!
