Recommendations needed for a new woodgraining specialist

[50Traveler]

After losing 2 years and the parts I sent to a wood grainer who vanished, I need to find someone else who is experienced, talented, reasonable, reputable, not too far away from Rochester, NY, and won't take too long to recreate the wood grains that were original to the door garnish moldings around the windows of both doors on my 1947 DeSoto Custom.  I can share many pictures of what was there and can remove and show the garnish moldings that are around the rear windows.

 

I may have found replacements but they are not nearly in the good clean and solid condition that mine were in. I wonder how much work is needed to make these work as they look to be uniformly rusty but not rotted.

 

If you can please suggest someone.  If you have such a business feel free to respond too.  

[auburnseeker]

I would buy a kit from Grainit and do it yourself.  After you have done one job thoroughly you will see why it's almost as expensive as chrome plating.  Pretty easy to do but quite time consuming to do it right. 

[John_S_in_Penna]

Bill Gratkowski has advertised for years in the

AACA magazine "Antique Automobile."  He is

in Titusville, Penna., in the northwest part of the state.

I haven't used him, but I believe he is active in his

region in the AACA.  His phone is (814) 827-1782.

[Mark Shaw]

Check it out....

 

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=water+transfer+printing+%2Bwoodgrain

[Paul Dobbin]

A friend of mine just did that water transfer method on 9 wood grained pieces in his 1933 Buick.  

It was a burl grain and was one of the best woodgraining jobs I've ever seen.  He had to build a tank

and practice on a few other things first, but it was worth the effort after he coated it with clear coat.

Looked better than my printers ink method.  I'd attach a photo if I was at my home computer, AWSOME!

[DavidAU]

Honest Charlie Garage do some pretty amazing stuff.   I have read plenty of glowing reports on the Fordbarn

 

http://www.honestcharley.com/garage/shop-services/

[Amphicar BUYER]

I remember my dad getting upset he couldn't find anyone to do it, so he taught himself. Give it a go!

[Restorer32]

We do our own but not for other people. Not that hard to do but there is a learning curve and it helps if you have at least a bit of artistic talent. By the time you buy all the necessary supplies to do it yourself you might as well farm it out unless you have multiple cars needing woodgraining. You would save some money if you stripped and prepped the metal yourself. It needs to be as smooth and blemish free as if you were doing a show quality paint job. Don't forget the edges on the garnish moldings that you can only see from outside the car.