Hydrodipping wood trim?
I think we’ve settled on Woodgrain; now I’m looking at options to restore the wood trim. Am looking for something as close to original as possible. Wraps I’ve seen are not close, plus have seen comments about issues with corners looking bad, lifting, etc. Our trim is sun-damaged with loss of color along the top edges, especially on the tailgate.
Saw an article last night that mentioned hydro-dipping with a link to a local company to the poster that uses film from TWN Industries at https://watertransferprinting.com
Searching the forum, i've found a few references to people mentioning hydrodipping wood trim, but none posted results either way, or which direction they went. Given the risk of detaching without rivets, i'm concerned about the long-term stickiness of replacement trim without the rivets to support it. I'm not necessarily against replacement, 3 factors weigh in: 1) pricey; 2) haven't been able to get a sample, so it feels like a leap of faith; & 3) have had experience with replacement molding not sticking well for the long-term. Fact is, i have an 92 S-10 in the driveway that we had painted ~15 years ago &
replaced the black body-side molding with what appeared to be quality after-market molding. After about 7 years, it detached creating a mess & that was straight line installation - no curves.
Wondering if anyone has had a good experience with hydrodipping their wood trim?
To compare, here's a pic of ours:
Looking on the site, I found quite a few samples that look like they’d work. I like the WTP-528 Golden-Brown.
WTP-528 Golden-Brown Wood Grain
https://watertransferprinting.com/shop/ ... ood-grain/
WTP-223 Red Oak
https://watertransferprinting.com/shop/ ... 3-red-oak/
WTP-220 Light Brown Straight Grain
https://watertransferprinting.com/shop/ ... ght-grain/
WTP-212 Light Oak
https://watertransferprinting.com/shop/ ... light-oak/
WTP-176 Golden Brown Wood Grain
https://watertransferprinting.com/shop/ ... ood-grain/
WTP-309 Light Oak
WTP-386 Oak Wood Grain