Liquid Leather Quick 20 Dashboard Repair Kit

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You could choose to leave the entire dash as it is with the rubberized undercoating as the finish, but the primer will help to seal the pores of the rubber and prepare the surface for the top-coat of paint. Be sure to go over the cracks in a parallel direction, as this will allow you to fully see the extent of the damage by wiping away dust and dirt in the gaps. The reason for the V-shaped groove is that it provides something for both the plastic welding stick and padded dash filler to bite into and permanently adhere. Since most of my dash surface was sprayed with undercoating, it’s difficult to see this change in sheen throughout the dash. Way more material that I needed but filled in the crack with the filler and covered over with the finish.

Work the heating iron slowly down the welding stick so that you melt a little at a time until you reach the end of the groove. Use a Dremel tool with a drum or rotary sander to sand back the puckered vinyl cover until it is fairly flat. I will do some step by step instructions on each of these when I get a chance and pop a link to them here.If you fail to do this step correctly or choose not to use the recommended prep solution, the surface filler will not adhere properly and eventually, will peel off your dash. This acts as a release agent so you can get the texture off the surface without sugru sticking to it.

Place one end of the Fiber-Flex welding stick into the start of a crack (which is now a groove) and melt about 1 inch of it with the welding iron.I remember visiting that DIY dash repair thread a long time ago; those pics never showed up for me either. Once the high spots are flattened, switch to 150 grit sandpaper and focus on smoothing the filler almost even and flush with the dash surface. Your goal here is to sand down these edges enough so that there is a smooth and almost imperceptible transition from the original dash surface to the filler. Both components have to be mixed together in the ratio prescribed in the instructions and spread over the area you are repairing. Flexible resins are used to give the flexibility required to withstand the expansion and contraction brought about by extreme temperatures.

Our last step will be to apply Padded Dash Filler over the entire area, making sure the edges of the repair area remain buried underneath to minimize any haloing effects.If you still have stick left over, use the welding tip to melt through the extra piece to cut it off. Change country: -Select- Afghanistan American Samoa Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Aruba Australia Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bangladesh Belgium Belize Bermuda Bhutan British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Cambodia Canada Cayman Islands China Cook Islands Costa Rica Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Fiji France Georgia Germany Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Haiti Honduras Hong Kong India Indonesia Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan Kazakhstan Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Laos Malaysia Maldives Marshall Islands Mexico Micronesia Mongolia Montserrat Nauru Nepal Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Niue Norway Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Philippines Poland Puerto Rico Romania Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Singapore Solomon Islands South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu United Kingdom United States Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vietnam Virgin Islands (U. We're here to help and we speak 13 languages in our team: French, English, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Catalan, Mandarin Chinese and Korean! Gently roll the stamp on the filled in holes, applying gentle pressure, enough to make an impression without squashing the sugru out of place.

The best way to check the quality of your repair is to subject the dash to similar temperature conditions that will be experienced once installed in your car.I was looking into some products by Polyvance, after seeing someone fixing a padded dash over on the AACA forums. Use a Polyvance airless plastic welding tool with the FiberFlex welding rod to fill the v-grooved foam completely. I suggest you try using both nozzles when spraying your sample pattern so you can decide which one gives you better control.