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- From: scott@psy.uwa.oz.au (Scott Fisher)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Care and Feeding of Woodgrain Sides
- Date: 11 Jan 1993 05:46:56 GMT
- Organization: The University of Western Australia
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- rrusk@ssd.csd.harris.com (Bob Rusk) writes:
-
- >I'm sorry, I thought that "woodgrain" would make it clear that I didn't
- >mean real wood. This stuff is like wood-grain contact paper only thinner.
- >And yes, that is my question exactly. Do you wax this stuff, is there
- >some other kind of treatment you should put on it, etc.?
-
- >I remember back in the late 70's that the older Fords were having a
- >lot of problem with their woodgrain sides. The finish was turning
- >milky. More recently, a lot of the Caravan/Voyagers from the late
- >80's that have the woodgrain sides are having problems with the
- >finish peeling on the trim strips that surround the "wood".
-
- Here in Australia you can't get cars with this stuff on the side (unless
- you import it from the US). I have seen plenty of cars with it on in
- TV/Movies from the US...so how popular was/is this finnish? In Europe
- and Australia it causes severe nausia when we see cars like this ;-)
-
- Me? My wood's real and where it should be..on the dash facia.
-
- Regards Scott.
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