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Originally Posted by Dick Boneske
It would be helpful if we had a method of restoring the woodgrain texture. Most of the '65 and newer "wood wheels" are completely smooth with no texture and don't look at all like wood. Any ideas?
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I restored one recently and had mixed results restoring the wood grain. The method was emailed to me in a PDF file of an old article, probably from the '70s.
Mine turned out nice and looks like wood to most anyone...but it does not look like an original Pontiac simulated wood wheel because of the difference in 'grain'. Just looks like a wood wheel. I'm pretty happy with it. I have re-done it once again since this photo. Used a slightly lighter stain and slightly more gloss.
I can email the method to you if you want it. Just send me a pm as a reminder.
Before and After:
