How to fix cracks in dash (Was: Re: Cracked dash pictures...)

[scirious@hotmail.com (Brian Haygood)]

I picked up a vinyl repair kit for a couple of bucks at PepBoys.  Does
anybody know if this stuff works?  I have some scrap to try it on, but in
true form, I haven't done it yet.  It has like 8 color mixing dyes and a
soldering iron with a flat disc for a tip, as well as various spreaders and
stuff.  Looked promising.  What do you guys think?

BH
----- Original Message -----
From: salda <roccoguy@mac.com>
To: <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 9:15 AM
Subject: How to fix cracks in dash (Was: Re: Cracked dash pictures...)


> Ok, for all of you out there that have "small" cracks in your dash, here
> is how you can fill them in to stop them. I started working with a buddy
> of mine who does interior repair and seen him do this on numerous dashes
> with cracks and holes in them.
>
> Fill them with gel-type Super Glue! Smooth the glue out as best as yo
> can with a small putty knife, or just wrap some masking tape around your
> finger. After it dries, lightly sand it with at least some 200 paper.
> After that, you spray some interior dye on it to cover up the white of
> the glue.  PRESTO! Cracks are gone! YOU will be able to see the repair,
> but nobody else will notice it, and it will look a lot better than the
> crack.  Check out http://www.semproducts.com to find a distributor for
> the dye. It just comes in an aerosol can that you spray on. If you
> cannot match the color with a pre-mixed color, you can buy a kit with a
> bunch of colors and mix your own, using an airbrush or small paint gun
> to apply.
>
> good luck!
> jeremy
>
> On Saturday, March 9, 2002, at 10:02 PM, Andrew Wong wrote:
>
> > So thats the meaning of a cracked dash.  I have really
> > normal dash execpt it has tiny crackes on the heater
> > vents that are less than an inch long that being the
> > largest crack.  I can probably blame the sun in
> > Florida for breaking of interior trim in my Quantum,
> > but Scirocco thats another story
> > --- Dan <danws69@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >> Dude!
> >> Holy shit!
> >>
> >> I thought the Grand Canyon was in Arizona??!!?
> >>
> >> Dan
> >> Tam-pa, FL
> >> '87 16v Scirocco
> >> '81 Rabbit Sportruck
> >> '00 jEtTa
> >> http://home.earthlink.net/~danws69/index.html
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> >> [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of
> >> Josh Hignight
> >> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 14:19
> >> To: 'scirocco'
> >> Subject: Cracked dash pictures...
> >>
> >>
> >> Okay, maybe I was exaggerating a little bit. But
> >> still, it's bad!
> >>
> >> http://communities.msn.com/jblank/dashboard.msnw
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Joshua Hignight
> >> Student Services/Technical Services
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> >> (505) 821-4800
> >>
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> > =====
> > -Andrew Wong
> > 1984 Black Scirocco(stock)
> > 1987 White Quantum wagon (Stock with auto)
> > aw614.topcities.com/1984.htm
> >
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