{"id":211,"date":"2021-10-05T23:03:46","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T23:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.50.22\/index.php\/2021\/10\/05\/cracked-dash\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T21:09:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:09:55","slug":"cracked-dash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/?p=211","title":{"rendered":"Cracked Dash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cracked  Dash<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

A while back I bought a dash that was tan and had a small crack in it. The body shop painted it black (mostly there are splotches they missed), but the crack is still there. So I decided to see if I can fix it.<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>Here it is with its one and only crack<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>I poked at it and broke away all the brittle vinyl. It got a little bigger. Was afraid it wasnt gonna stop<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>I then took a Dremel tool with a cone stone and slanted off the rough edges.<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>I then picked away some of the foam from under the leading edges.<\/p>\n


\n<\/a>I sanded around the crack. You can see the original tan color coming thru.<\/p>\n

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\nMixed up my first ever patch of Bondo and slapped that puppy on there<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>Sanded away most of the Bondo. Pushed on the dash and it flexed with the dash. I was\/am afraid it being to stiff. I also hope like hell I am able to paint this thing in the car. Not to sure now about getting the spray can angled with the windshield in the way. <\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>Put on a second coat and sanded with 150 grit paper and then 220 grit sponge.<\/p>\n

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\nTaped up and heated up the car. It was 45 deg F out, paint said to be 60 deg F<\/p>\n

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Some adhesion promoter and black vinyl\/fabric\/plastic paint. Looked good but was way to smooth over the bondo and didnt cover the bond to well.<\/p>\n

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\nI got some mate black Rustoleum hammered paint. It fixed the texture issue quite nicely. <\/p>\n

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\nProblem was the paint was very silver. Not black. <\/p>\n

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I didnt want to put yet another layer of paint on the dash. So I decided to just shoot the rest of the dash with a light coat of the hammer mate black paint. <\/p>\n