Anybody get into trim repair?
Take a 1" square block of oak.
Press an end of the trim into the end of the oak block to scribe a pattern of the trim piece into it.
Keep the trim piece as close to the edge of the oak block as you can.
Then, using the imprinted pattern from the trim, sand down the oak strip to the proper profile.
Cut a relief groove into the oak with a Dremel tool so the trim can slide over it.
Use this grinding disk to make the relief cut in the oak strip. (available at Canadian Tire)
The surface of the oak strip will now have the profile of the inside of the trim piece.
The more time you spend finishing the surface of the oak dye, the better your results will be and you will have a dye you can use over and over.
This will take you about 2 hours to do but will save you a ton of time refinishing the rest of your trim.
EDIT: Forgot to mention. Use the side piece of the front windshield trim to get the profile for the oak strip as it is not beveled.
Cheers!
Here's how I made a wooden dye out of oak .
Take a 1" square block of oak.
Press an end of the trim into the end of the oak block to scribe a pattern of the trim piece into it.
Keep the trim piece as close to the edge of the oak block as you can.
Then, using the imprinted pattern from the trim, sand down the oak strip to the proper profile.
Cut a relief groove into the oak with a Dremel tool so the trim can slide over it.
Use this grinding disk to make the relief cut in the oak strip. (available at Canadian Tire)
The surface of the oak strip will now have the profile of the inside of the trim piece.
The more time you spend finishing the surface of the oak dye, the better your results will be and you will have a dye you can use over and over.
This will take you about 2 hours to do but will save you a ton of time refinishing the rest of your trim.
EDIT: Forgot to mention. Use the side piece of the front windshield trim to get the profile for the oak strip as it is not beveled.
Cheers!