Finished Dash Pics

very nice Hershey.
I wish I knew how to work the fiberglass.
I have an 02 Avalanche I would like to mod a little

Les

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It wasn't really that tough. Just really time consuming. It's still got some work. I found a bubble! I'll fix it when I put in my tach.

is that your first glass hersh? thats pretty damn good. nice job.

good job man.

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always looking for new info and willing to give it

Lol, I bet that took A LOT of sanding.

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~The Rookie~
Rookie of the year that is...
Don't let the smoke out of your equiptment..it doesn't go back in.

Looks great. Did you paint it? and with what if u did?

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dream it, build it, fiberglass it

yeah i was going to say it needed a coat or two of clear but then i remembered that the sun would blind him.

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always looking for new info and willing to give it

Hey Loc, can you give us a brief step-by-step on how you created it?  Also, what materials did you use?  Thanks.

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Plan, Research, Do

Good job by the way, I'm going to be doing mine before the end of the summer.

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Plan, Research, Do

It wasn't that hard at all. First thing I did was took the entire dash out of the car. I ripped out the vents, then wrapped the whole thing in fleece, holding it down with hot glue. I'd recommend maybe a super glue for anyone else, it sticks way better. I put one coat of resin over the entire thing, then after it was cured, I put a layer of fiberglass mat down on it. I figured one layer of mat would do it justice, its not a sub box. After the mat was dry, I took an angle grinder and grinded down all the high spots, and took a dremel and cut off the exess. Then I covered the thing in Bondo. Sanded the bondo down, then put more bondo. After that bondo was sanded, more bondo. I gave it a good sanding after that, and then sprayed a layer of scratch filling primer. With that, you could see all of the pits that I missed. So I wetsanded that, and then added more bondo to the low spots. After ALL of the pits were filled, I primed it again with the scratch filling primer. Wetsanded that down, and then put a coat of primer. I put about 4 coats of Krylon Fusion paint on there, and dropped it into my buddy. As for the vents, I just cut those out with a dremel, got some mesh from the Rona I work at, painted it white, and put it in. I ran into some major problems since it's been in my car though. Im finding some air bubbles, not in the paint, but in the fiberglass itself. The heats making them swell. Looks like I'll be sanding it down and adding some bondo. As for the clearcoat, the krylon fusion is pretty shiny, and I didn't want a major glare so I just let it be. I hope that helps. I know this forum helped me out big time. Holla at me if you got anymore questions. Im still a newb, but I may be able to help. Peace

air bubbles? that sucks. nothing worst than getting something painted and then having problems. i hate that

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