Painting a Dash

[Tim]

i have a spare mk 2 dash in the shed with all the bits and bobs to go with it and and was thinking of spraying it black. or sell it and buy a genuine GSI black dash.

Does anyone have and ideas on how the best way to achive this is, what paint to use ect??

Any pics of peoples home made dashes??

Tim

[Iain]

Use Halfords flexible vinyl paint.

http://www.iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP/9.JPG

[ade]

yeah - as above - dont spray it - the dash is flexible vynal and paint will crack. if you do spray use acrylic paint

[Tim]

looks good, how durable is this??

im just worried about taking the time and effort to do it and it last 6 months, cheers

Tim

[rednova]

I painted mine about 4 years ago, still looks good - just take your time and degrease the dash before you use the paint

[Iain]

Can't comment on its lifespan as I only painted mine a month or so ago and it hasn't even been fitted yet. However it's taken bumps/scrapes fine and resists being scratched hard with your fingernail so I presume it'll last for a while.

[Adam]

Sod paying ?50+ for a gsi one.
The halfords vinyl paint matches gsi dash colour perfectly. :)

[draper]

think ill just spray 1 aswell then, wonder what a smoothed mk2 dash would look like??

[Pillar]

What About The Preperation?

[lee coley]

scotch it with soapy water dry it then add some adesion promoter,then paint

[JSeymour]

hmm was thinking about just spraying it instead of spending ?60 on something exactly the same just a different colour.

[Pillar]

my painted dash
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p130/Pillar_photos/P1310146.jpg

[hoob]

looks gd mate;) i goin do the same