So for quite a lot less money I could buy a pile of sandpaper and still have a jam jar full of coins to buy my new exhaust with so I quickly calmed down and got to work on my old wooden spokes, I was curious as to how they would turn out as I have never laid any sandpaper on them before, only a light pressure wash when I first rolled Monty out of the shed covered in dust and then a few months back I brushed them with kerosine as they are a few borer holes in some of the spokes.
After about an hour of light sanding on each of the wheels I was bloody surprised at how good they looked, yes there are a few borer holes here and there and the slightest bit of wood rot in a couple of spokes I think they will look fantastic when given the final coat of lacquer when that time comes.
I will now get some good wood filler to treat the pin holes and I also have a product coming from the USA called "Chair-Loc" it is a clear liquid that you brush on, it soaks into the timber and the timber swells up inside to make the joins super tight and strong again.
My chief of staff/director/technical advisor in the mechanical division of this resto, "Ray" used this product years ago on his Chevy spokes which had began to loosen and was extremely surprised with the results and how quickly the timber returned to a strong tight hold in all the joins, so once again I shall give it a go, not that I can see or hear any loose spokes when I give each of them a gentle hit with the hammer but while I am at it I will do the job right.
This is the wheel with the most borer holes in it, but nothing that cannot be fixed
Like I said with a bit more work with some sandpaper and time these will hopefully turn out fine...
Thank you looking in from time to time..
"Small steps, its all about the small steps".
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Hi Grant, I stumbled across your blog today while tooling around in VCCA Chat. I'm from western Victoria and have a '27 Chev Capitol Tourer that I purchased running and registered in 2004. It's been refurbished rather than restored (that's code for having a steady run of "issues" to deal with!). Looks good from a distance!!! However, I've also owned a '28 Nash sedan since 1970 - bought it in one piece but now in many pieces! I originally thought I'd do the full resto, but over recent years I've become interested in putting it back together in "as found" condition, like your dad suggested doing with the Chevvie. Would love to catch up with you some time when I'm down Gippsland way (which is not often!).
ReplyDeleteCheers, Martin (martindunstan@hotmail.com)