How hard is it to dye a dash? Once I do most body/mechanical work, i'm going to work on the interior. How hard is it to dye a dash? I was going to dye or paint mine, but they have a guy selling his dash and center for 25 bucks. THe only thing is it's about an hour and a half away..worth it?
i am guessing this is a black dash that your after and that sure is a hike with the way gas prices are .it would have to be mint for me to make the trip but it would be worth it.i have 2 myself and the first one i got was less than perfect and i had planned on spraying it but got lucky with a complete black clean interior for 200 bucks.
The one thing I can say about dyeing or painting the plastic trim is that prep is very important. Clean with rubbing alcohol and then use the prep spray that is availabe where you buy the dye
I dyed my interior quarter panels w/dye and prep spray from 50Resto. Came out awesome and it's very durable. They have special dye solutions for softer surfaces like these, or harder ones like the dash.
SEM Vinyl dye....landau black. Comes out perfect. Like jrichker said, it's all in the prep. Clean it off VERY well with an alcohol based liquid, I used brake clean. I put on many coats, came out perfect.
One hint that really sells it, use a small brush and white paint to get the open and closed logos on the ac registers. If they are left black, it doesn't look right....make them white like stock, and it will really make the dash look 100% original.
they look great for such a fuzzy pic if you can get better pics and they look clean and not faded from the sun i would make the trip and get them.i am not a big fan of dyeing although it has come a long ways in the last 15 years .
Well, nothing beats an original black dash. I love the way mine came out, it looks perfect...gets just as dirty as normal black dash....and it cleans up just like a normal black dash. But at the end of the day, it's a dyed dash and NOT original black.