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Old 01-20-2014, 01:06 AM   #1
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How to: 30 min dash repair

Here's a quick 30 min project. I got a free dash from my local upholstery guy Corbin's custom upholstery and it was in relatively good shape except a few cracks and some pretty ugly fading and color. I went to my local NAPA that stocks quite a few SEM colorbond paints and I found one that looked close to in color to some trim I got out of a 74 Cheyenne. I prob could have got a closer match but I prob would have had to order a couple and it was close enough, that and it matches my headliner.

Basically I wiped the dash down with isopropyl alcohol and mixed a 50¢ sized glob of bondo and fingered it into the cracks alright here's the secret to the succes. I took a flat blade screwdriver and while it was halfway dry and crumbly I used a screwdriver to scrape off excess and a rag to kinda get the small stuff to kinda "dust" off I recleaned where I worked and then painted it with the SEM "camel" paint. I gotta say I'm quite happy for my $15 invested.

Here's some pictures of the process and results.


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Old 01-20-2014, 02:02 AM   #2
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Re: How to: 30 min dash repair

looks good!
just did my door panels with SEM, nice paint, stinky, but nice
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Old 01-20-2014, 02:24 AM   #3
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Yah stuff is pretty stinky. It doesn't seem to adhere as well I thought but well see when it's fully done curing. When it dried I could scratch it of with my nails.
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Old 01-20-2014, 09:06 AM   #4
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Re: How to: 30 min dash repair

Did you use the adhesion promoter? The adhesion promoter greatly increases your odds of having the product successfully stay on.
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Old 01-20-2014, 10:03 AM   #5
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Re: How to: 30 min dash repair

Witrh our sun and heat I'd be afraid it would expand at a different rate and re-crack... probably not so much an issue up where you are though!

Keep us up to date on the long-term durability of the repair.

I'm also wondering if a really thin brush applied layer of fiberglass resin to encapsulate it all and make it hold together would prevent recracking? Hrmm....
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Old 01-20-2014, 02:58 PM   #6
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Witrh our sun and heat I'd be afraid it would expand at a different rate and re-crack... probably not so much an issue up where you are though!

Keep us up to date on the long-term durability of the repair.

I'm also wondering if a really thin brush applied layer of fiberglass resin to encapsulate it all and make it hold together would prevent recracking? Hrmm....
Yah the only issue I can see with this is when the dash itself continues to crack and peels up making the thin strand of bondo look odd in a big(er) crack that grows with time.

My next attempt with a dash is I'm going to peel off the hard vinyl and use http://www.urethanesupply.com/Other-...d-Dash-Filler/ this stuff and re wrap leather or vinyl on the dash. That will prob be about summer time though.
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Old 01-20-2014, 02:53 PM   #7
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Did you use the adhesion promoter? The adhesion promoter greatly increases your odds of having the product successfully stay on.
No I was on a budget the size of a gift card lol. But when I do panels in my red truck I'm definitely going to try a total package.
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Old 01-20-2014, 03:12 PM   #8
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something flexable would be best to fill
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Old 01-20-2014, 11:38 PM   #9
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Old 01-21-2014, 12:01 PM   #10
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don't think it would work on a dash pad, but on plastic, i painted my console with por 15 & some chassis black, & you can not scratch it off
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