Hi folks, here is a pic of 1970-71 Chevy Kingswood Estate wood grain di-noc (my all-time favorite). I plan to have a graphics company scan the usable portion of the roll into a high-resolution file. If I ever need to replace the wood grain on my CP, I will then use the file as the basis for making new wood grain car wrap. No more trolling for an existing wood grain replacement that just won't do the trick.
I think the scanning prevents capturing glare on the image as well as prevents distortion. Once I get it done (probably in the next couple months) I'll update the thread.
Sorry nut, misread! In order to scan it I'll need the use of a super large format scanner that can take in the length of the product continuously and uses lighting that won't alter the resulting image with glare, etc. The only cost-effective way to do this is go to a graphic print shop that has this kind of scanner.
Hi Mike, I posted another thread in April after getting the di-noc scanned into a file by a graphics company in Eatontown, NJ. They did a fantastic job. Again, I am attaching a screen shot from the file to show how detailed and realistic this wood-grain pattern is. Cheers, Owen
I’m in the process of restoring my 73 Caprice Estate. When it came to the woodgrain, I knew from research that the original DiNoc was a translucent woodgrain that obviously let the body color bleed through. I went the route of having a graphics company reproduce the woodgrain, although not translucent, it will be fine, I saw the product coming out of the printer yesterday, it looked great, should be done this week. I’m also having the printer replicate the lighter woodgrain on the woodgrain trim molding. Will post pics soon. Paint is already finished.
Hopefully better late than never, look at stripeman.com under woodgrain and the pattern that would be a good match is GM dark walnut