Look what the mailman dropped off today.

[tommy583]

Originally Posted by Chuck W.

Good deal. Are you removing the dash or doing it in place?

I'm going to do the dash in place. I don't really want to remove the dash, as it seems to be a PITA. But if I screw up dying it I will have to remove it to put a new one in I guess. I couldn't find any threads on here about dying the dash, so I may be the first one to attempt it. I have one of my old seat backs I can practice on first. My plan is to take off the gauge cluster, speaker grills, side vents, hvac / stereo surround and plastic strips in the middle of the dash. I will be painting the strips in silver while they are off, as well as the plastic airbag buttons on the doors. This project can't turn out any worse than my brake job.....I hope. If anyone has done this before and want's to give me some tips I'd appreciate it.

[Pdwight]

Like I said I have done my seats and carpet. Clean and prep, clean and prep. You will be spraying this on so a calm air environment is a must. Be prepared to put 5 to 12 coats to completely dye it and each coat will need at least 6 hours to dry. On problem areas where it might be a bit thick as far as the dye goes use a heat gun sparingly to set the color and let cool before respraying. I used two cans of propellent and could not find it locally so order at least two cans. You will not be able to use the last 15% of the propellant can because it will not have enough pressure to spray the dye. A cheap 12 dollar HVLP gun would be better and then just dispose of it after you are finished.

[tommy583]

Originally Posted by Pdwight

Like I said I have done my seats and carpet. Clean and prep, clean and prep. You will be spraying this on so a calm air environment is a must. Be prepared to put 5 to 12 coats to completely dye it and each coat will need at least 6 hours to dry. On problem areas where it might be a bit thick as far as the dye goes use a heat gun sparingly to set the color and let cool before respraying. I used two cans of propellent and could not find it locally so order at least two cans. You will not be able to use the last 15% of the propellant can because it will not have enough pressure to spray the dye. A cheap 12 dollar HVLP gun would be better and then just dispose of it after you are finished.

How are the seats holding up? The dash doesn't get much wear besides the sun beating on it. So if it holds up on seats I'd figure the dash would be fine as well.

[Pdwight]

Seats and carpet still look fine a year later...the crack filler is staying in place

[Pdwight]

The scary part, sanding and filling cracks before the dying

[tommy583]

WOW that looks great!! How do you like the shifter? I have the same one, I love it.

[Pdwight]

Yes I do, I hope it fits the short shifter I have but have not had time to install