Repainting dash

**donde** · 02-11-2006, 02:03 AM

Several months ago I modified a junkyard dash to fit my truck and my screen. The dash was textured, so I had to fill in the stock texture with primer before I painted. After bondoing using a product called liquid plastic, I followed this procedure (I used all SEM products):

-sand entire piece with 220 then 400 grit sand paper
-clean dash
-2 light coats of adhesion promoter
-10 coats of primer
-sand primer down with 400 grit sand paper to create a smooth surface (the primer had filled in the veins of the stock faux leather texture)
-clean with water
-3 coats of texture spray to create uniform texture across the whole piece
-8 or so light coats of paint to finish it off

The paint has held up just fine, but now I would like to repaint it as I have found some paint made by Ford that will exactly match my interior. My question is, do I have to sand everything off and repeat this entire procedure? If there's another way, I'd like to avoid the significant amount of time and materials involved, but I also want to do it right. The worse thing that could happen is I repaint it and in two more months have it start peeling. So what do I need to do?

**xdjxklusivex** · 02-11-2006, 02:11 AM

sand the whole thing down with some 60 and then move up and up and up thats how i did it with my bike parts and stock dash works well

**Cris** · 02-11-2006, 04:40 AM

If you want do it right, you have to sand down the old paint.

**romul** · 02-11-2006, 12:34 PM

i have a question very similar to this *sorry if you consider it thread jacking*

The dash in my car is a pretty soft material, probably vinyl to pay it would i have to sand it or revinyl it? and if i paint it in SEM, wont it flake if i push hard on the dash and the paint loosens??

**edit** donde, you have a very nice dash assembly

**Farrow099** · 02-12-2006, 02:57 PM

There IS plastic safe paint stripper; Bumper stripper works with certain plastics (melted my abs dash though so beware!)...

I ended up using Polly Scale ELO (easy lift off) which is made for use on model trains and such, worked excellant with some steel wool! I had my "textured" paint and the krylon fusion primer off in no time. AND it didn't eat my ABS Dashboard (that was underneath) at all.

FYI I picked it up at a local model train/hobby shop for $11.

**scott_fx** · 02-12-2006, 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by romul

i have a question very similar to this *sorry if you consider it thread jacking*

The dash in my car is a pretty soft material, probably vinyl to pay it would i have to sand it or revinyl it? and if i paint it in SEM, wont it flake if i push hard on the dash and the paint loosens??

**edit** donde, you have a very nice dash assembly

SEM paints have a flex additive in them so they are designe to bend without cracking.

there is a company that i used that will match oem texture and color. the company is called leather magic and they do great work.

**Farrow099** · 02-12-2006, 03:30 PM

How much did they get you for? (to "leather" the dash)

**scott_fx** · 02-12-2006, 03:40 PM

$65 and it was an exact match, even when taking a picture (usually that shows any difference in sheen or color) it matches perfectly

stock:

modified:

**jon102034050** · 02-12-2006, 03:46 PM

wow, they do good work, as do you, thats a hella nice vette

**romul** · 02-13-2006, 10:55 PM

Originally Posted by scott_fx

SEM paints have a flex additive in them so they are designe to bend without cracking.

there is a company that i used that will match oem texture and color. the company is called leather magic and they do great work.

you sent them the whole dash ? and they recovered it or you used one of their products?