Make your own dashpad at home!
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Re: Make your own dashpad at home!
Looks great, how much wax did you put on the dash? Did it remove easy? I wonder how this would do for a dash area that had the radio hole mutilated?
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Re: Make your own dashpad at home!
Max you are right .
JOELHEWITT.
I used bee's wax and I put one fairly heavy coat on,then let it sit over night ,
then another coat on the morning I applied the stuff,
It toke a bit of work to get it off mainly around the instrument panel,just don't rush it and take your time.
Were you have a radio hole you could patch it from behind with steel either spot weld it or screw it and finish it of with body filler.
JOELHEWITT.
I used bee's wax and I put one fairly heavy coat on,then let it sit over night ,
then another coat on the morning I applied the stuff,
It toke a bit of work to get it off mainly around the instrument panel,just don't rush it and take your time.
Were you have a radio hole you could patch it from behind with steel either spot weld it or screw it and finish it of with body filler.
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Re: Make your own dashpad at home!
You Sir have serious reason to be CHUFFED!
I understand the process, I used to be a model/mold maker.
I would however like to understand more on how you did the foam/vinyl.
Could you post pics of the two with whatever scrap you have left? how did you attach them?
John
I understand the process, I used to be a model/mold maker.
I would however like to understand more on how you did the foam/vinyl.
Could you post pics of the two with whatever scrap you have left? how did you attach them?
John
Turk build thread at:
viewtopic.php?f=32&t=18944
It does not matter what you think, it only matters what you do about it!
viewtopic.php?f=32&t=18944
It does not matter what you think, it only matters what you do about it!
Re: Make your own dashpad at home!
Thanks John,
I used closed cell foam and vinyl to cover the dash ,when I had my seat redone I bought extra vinyl to finish my interior.
Closed cell foam comes in different thickness and hardness. the harder foam can be shaped by sanding.
I used 3 mm and the softer stuff so it can follow the contours of the dash ,
I bought a cheap gravity spray gun to apply the contact adhesive,the glue can sit in a gun for a couple of day's before it will go of , cleaning up is done with turps
If you can get a hold of a book called Custom Auto Interiors by Don Taylor and Ron Mangus ,this is a very helpful book with easy to read instructions.
I used closed cell foam and vinyl to cover the dash ,when I had my seat redone I bought extra vinyl to finish my interior.
Closed cell foam comes in different thickness and hardness. the harder foam can be shaped by sanding.
I used 3 mm and the softer stuff so it can follow the contours of the dash ,
I bought a cheap gravity spray gun to apply the contact adhesive,the glue can sit in a gun for a couple of day's before it will go of , cleaning up is done with turps
If you can get a hold of a book called Custom Auto Interiors by Don Taylor and Ron Mangus ,this is a very helpful book with easy to read instructions.
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Re: Make your own dashpad at home!
Thanks, that helps a lot
John
John
Turk build thread at:
viewtopic.php?f=32&t=18944
It does not matter what you think, it only matters what you do about it!
viewtopic.php?f=32&t=18944
It does not matter what you think, it only matters what you do about it!
Re: Make your own dashpad at home!
Could a guy use part of this process to recover a stock dash thats just got one little crack in it by the speaker or do you think the crack would show through the new vinyl?
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Re: Make your own dashpad at home!
+if the inst. were on the right side hheehheehhee
Re: Make your own dashpad at home!
What happened to the photos on this thread??