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Re: Center console

To: "nruff" <nruffcorn@prodigy.net>, <RickStayner@aol.com>,
Subject: Re: Center console
From: danmerritt@mindspring.com
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 19:43:53 -0500
Jim Tyler of Topless Datsun at one time offered a console cover much like
the dash caps.

Dan
'70 2000
'64 1500

-----Original Message-----
From: nruff <nruffcorn@prodigy.net>
To: RickStayner@aol.com <RickStayner@aol.com>;
datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, February 14, 2000 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: Center console


>Ironically, Rick, I am starting the preparation to redo my center console
>tonight also.  Last week I redid the door panels using a vinyl re-coloring
>spray from SEM.  I was very pleased in how it went on and with the finished
>product.  I wiped them down with a vinyl cleaner, sprayed it with a black
>"color coat", and finished it off with a low luster "clear coat" to give it
>proper sheen and help it last longer.  I was spraying over red and it
>covered very well.  Being skeptical, I tried to scratch through the coating
>with my finger nail and couldn't!  I plan on using the same approach with
my
>center console.   Definitely a money saver for do-it-yourselfers as many of
>the pros use the same EXACT products.  I luckily found SEM products at a
>local parts store but Eastwood sells it also.  "Plasti-Kote" (owned by
>Sherwin-Williams?) makes a similar product.
>
>Hope this helps!
>Nathan
>
>> Anyone had their center console redone lately? I'm basically talking
about
>> having the vinyl restored. Also the lid recovered.
>> Any thoughts
>>
>> Rick Stayner
>> 69 2000
>


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