Restoring Dash Bezel ???
Below is what I did for my non-wood grain 69 Barracuda
For the instrument panel, I stripped the paint and old chrome with Easy-Off oven cleaner (does a good job and does not eat away at the plastic) I then used semi gloss black for the upper portion and Model Masters Acrylic Steel for the lower portion. The chrome areas were sprayed with Motostorm Moto Chrome paint. I tried several different chrome paints and this one and Alclad where the best. The prep for the chrome paint is tricking and was as follows.
Repair any chips or cracks with some sort of filler, I used Epoxy.
Sand all of the trim to get it as glossy as possible, I started with 1500 grit and finished with 12000 grit Micro Mesh.
Spray the areas with gloss black.
Top coat with the chrome paint, making sure not to use to much, if you use to much you will loose the shine.
All of the painting for the instrument panel was done with an airbrush, anything else will not give you the results you want.
At some point I will probably have the panel sent out for chroming, but I wanted to use that money for the engine at the time. One note on any chrome paint, if you top coat it with clear you will lose any shine
Below is what I did for my non-wood grain 69 Barracuda
For the instrument panel, I stripped the paint and old chrome with Easy-Off oven cleaner (does a good job and does not eat away at the plastic) I then used semi gloss black for the upper portion and Model Masters Acrylic Steel for the lower portion. The chrome areas were sprayed with Motostorm Moto Chrome paint. I tried several different chrome paints and this one and Alclad where the best. The prep for the chrome paint is tricking and was as follows.
Repair any chips or cracks with some sort of filler, I used Epoxy.
Sand all of the trim to get it as glossy as possible, I started with 1500 grit and finished with 12000 grit Micro Mesh.
Spray the areas with gloss black.
Top coat with the chrome paint, making sure not to use to much, if you use to much you will loose the shine.
All of the painting for the instrument panel was done with an airbrush, anything else will not give you the results you want.
At some point I will probably have the panel sent out for chroming, but I wanted to use that money for the engine at the time. One note on any chrome paint, if you top coat it with clear you will lose any shine