Sugestions and tips on working on my Guage cluster/dash

[1966 dart wagon]

Well i pulled the cuda's dash out and i wanna paint it(where the guages sit) i have a little piece missing in the right bottom corner how could i make one of these, perhaps use some fiberglass/ along with slight filler to fill the missing piece and there is a hole drilled right by it too i wanna patch that, its not a show car just a cruiser(well a fast one ) i was thinking all black then some light silver around where the wiper/lights switches are.

sugestions on sand paper to use, i think i wanna keep the light roughness in the top part of the dash. I saw John's dash (fastback340) that looked good :thumbup: and also i broke a piece off of my guage cluser in the back one of the pins

 

[mullinax95]

I would like to see some folks respond because I need to redo mine in the near furture.

 

[70dart]

You can fab a piece cut from an old dask then use a good bonding agent, sand access boning agent down then prime and paint.

 

[1966 dart wagon]

well i asked my dad and i ended up using a scotch brite pad and it worked awesome, took the old nasty looking chrome area off w/o hurting the plastic so no scratches sure it may take longer but no scratches :thumbup: i saw john's (fasback340) and really liked that i may go with something similar, i dont wanna copy his completly well...maybe with permission i'll get pics up later on how its looking already, looks good

 

[swinger]

I just finished prepping mine by hand using steel wool; first #2, then #000. A lot of work, but a very nice result. Took all the paint off, but the textured finish in the top half stayed intact.

 

[1966 dart wagon]

I just finished prepping mine by hand using steel wool; first #2, then #000. A lot of work, but a very nice result. Took all the paint off, but the textured finish in the top half stayed intact.

o really thanks for the tip, i wanted to keep the texture now i know how to, thanks man :thumbup: