The Fabulous Stains

What color would you like your instrument panel to be?

I like a natural look, not a big fan of makeup, so its no surprise we're going with a clear stain (on the far right) to just bring out the grain. A few minutes of sliding the template around the sheet of veneer to decide what piece...

and the veneer gets clamped over the weekend to take the curve out. Hopefully we'll do the layup Tuesday or Wednesday, and while I'm gone on my next trips Gordon will stain and varnish it. After that it's back to the hangar to be fitted to the nosedeck, then the whole mess gets shipped down to Jim.

With the piece selected we tried some unscientific destructive testing. The veneer ripped before the epoxy bond gave.