putting fiberglass over your dash
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if youre planning on painting the dash and other interior plastic pieces, there is an article in the new Import Racer magazine that explains the steps. No fiberglass is needed. Its a very good article
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Rep Power: 0 you got to sand all the texture down till its smooth....then use a high build primer, sand, primer...till you get the smoothest possible feel. then just paint, and clear coat(not spray paint, use a professional paint gun if you want it to be shiny like your car after a fresh wax), color sand then buff.
for the padded vinyl part...you will either have to fiberglass, or get a whole new plastic mold.( you should have a profesional do the work for you, cause it is a lot of hard work and time involved) good luck!!!
for the padded vinyl part...you will either have to fiberglass, or get a whole new plastic mold.( you should have a profesional do the work for you, cause it is a lot of hard work and time involved) good luck!!!
If you wanted to do the fiberglass part this would be the basic steps. First figure out where your gonna fiberglass, then make a frame outa fiberglass, then cover the spots that might get fiberglass resin on them. Then use cloth to wrap it around your frame and to where you want it to go(use a glue gun to help you keep it in that spot) then put fiberglass resin/hardener and soak i into the cloath, then after its dry begin to fiberglass on it. Then after your done about 5-7 layers(matters how strong you want it) then use bondo to make everything smooth, then sand it, bondo again...until you get it perfect. Then take it to a shop and get it painted 
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Rep Power: 0 no offense... but from my experience of working with fiberglass on my sailboat is that what you (ohsosik) described would best be left to professionals, particularly if you've never worked with glass. The 'correct' way to do it would be to make a female mold of your actual dash piece (removed from the car) and then make a fiberglass piece from the mold. I would NEVER recommmend overlaying the dash WHILE it's in your car, particularly if you've never done it before. Resin is messy and a beatch to clean.. and the car is too tight a space to work in.
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no offense... but from my experience of working with fiberglass on my sailboat is that what you (ohsosik) described would best be left to professionals, particularly if you've never worked with glass. The 'correct' way to do it would be to make a female mold of your actual dash piece (removed from the car) and then make a fiberglass piece from the mold. I would NEVER recommmend overlaying the dash WHILE it's in your car, particularly if you've never done it before. Resin is messy and a beatch to clean.. and the car is too tight a space to work in.
no offense... but from my experience of working with fiberglass on my sailboat is that what you (ohsosik) described would best be left to professionals, particularly if you've never worked with glass. The 'correct' way to do it would be to make a female mold of your actual dash piece (removed from the car) and then make a fiberglass piece from the mold. I would NEVER recommmend overlaying the dash WHILE it's in your car, particularly if you've never done it before. Resin is messy and a beatch to clean.. and the car is too tight a space to work in.
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then make a frame outa fiberglass
then make a frame outa fiberglass
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no offense... but from my experience of working with fiberglass on my sailboat is that what you (ohsosik) described would best be left to professionals, particularly if you've never worked with glass. The 'correct' way to do it would be to make a female mold of your actual dash piece (removed from the car) and then make a fiberglass piece from the mold. I would NEVER recommmend overlaying the dash WHILE it's in your car, particularly if you've never done it before. Resin is messy and a beatch to clean.. and the car is too tight a space to work in.
no offense... but from my experience of working with fiberglass on my sailboat is that what you (ohsosik) described would best be left to professionals, particularly if you've never worked with glass. The 'correct' way to do it would be to make a female mold of your actual dash piece (removed from the car) and then make a fiberglass piece from the mold. I would NEVER recommmend overlaying the dash WHILE it's in your car, particularly if you've never done it before. Resin is messy and a beatch to clean.. and the car is too tight a space to work in.
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you got to sand all the texture down till its smooth....then use a high build primer, sand, primer...till you get the smoothest possible feel. then just paint, and clear coat(not spray paint, use a professional paint gun if you want it to be shiny like your car after a fresh wax), color sand then buff.
for the padded vinyl part...you will either have to fiberglass, or get a whole new plastic mold.( you should have a profesional do the work for you, cause it is a lot of hard work and time involved) good luck!!!
you got to sand all the texture down till its smooth....then use a high build primer, sand, primer...till you get the smoothest possible feel. then just paint, and clear coat(not spray paint, use a professional paint gun if you want it to be shiny like your car after a fresh wax), color sand then buff.
for the padded vinyl part...you will either have to fiberglass, or get a whole new plastic mold.( you should have a profesional do the work for you, cause it is a lot of hard work and time involved) good luck!!!
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