Dash Repair of Burlwood insert holes.....??

[Droff]

I'm planning on leaving the burlwood insert out of my car and going with a black dash panel. The problem I have are the holes left by the insert.

Would anyone have a suggestion or method for repairing those so I can paint the whole thing?

Thanks.

[Boots]

i would use jb weld and a toothpick to texture it as it firms up..duplicolour over and done

[Murphy]

PC7 is great for repairing plastic surfaces, 2 part epoxy that works like clay.

[Droff]

PC7 sounds like a good possibility, more work time than JB Weld from the sound of it. I'll need to figure out a way to keep the texture of the dash as well.

If it all goes in the crapper, I can put the insert back on and paint it.

[Droff]

Well, did some work on the dash and went with some JB Weld stuff called Steelstick. It hardens pretty quick and can be cut or sanded, although the longer it sets, the harder it gets.

I used a dremel to remove the raised lettering for the wipers and lighter, then filled it in.

 

[Droff]

I couldn't figure out a good way to get the texture look to the Steelstick material so I smoothed out the whole dash, but just on the gauge side. It looked pretty decent so far but I wasn't able to get things smoothed out in the corners or at the top.

[Droff]

I rattle can'd a coat of primer on it and saw several flaws that weren't there before. I sanded it down and added some bondo in a tube, first time doing any type of filler work for me and this stuff worked out pretty good. Covered whatever was left of the texture and smoothed out the corners. Hit it with some more high grit paper (wet).

[Droff]

First top coat, it looks decent enough to use but I'm going to add another coat.

[Rock]

That turned out nice. Are you leaving it all black or are you using silver around the gauges?

[Mo's70MCs]

Looking good! Definitely a piece that requires lots of detail, cause you'll be staring at it all the time.

[Droff]

That turned out nice. Are you leaving it all black or are you using silver around the gauges?

 

I think I'll keep it all black, at least for now. That might change once I get the gauge cluster back in and see how it looks.

 

Looking good! Definitely a piece that requires lots of detail, cause you'll be staring at it all the time.

 

No kidding. I'm going to know exactly where something is a little off.

[Rock]

Left mine black with silver accents around the gauges.

[Droff]

That looks good too Glen.

I can go either direction, I like both looks, just depends on how much more work I want to put into the dash - there's a ton of other things that need done.