I agree with Fred that powder coating is the way to go. The stuff is almost
bullet-proof! The only thing to bear in mind with powder coating on early
dashes is instrument grounding. The dash electricals ground through the
metal of the dash, so if you want to retain that method, you either have to
mask the appropriate grounding areas before powder coating, or grind them
off afterwards. I chose to daisy-chain a ground wire from one gauge to
another attached to the mounting posts. Works good for me and provides a
known good ground source for future projects.
Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of roadster
katman
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 10:05 PM
To: Todd Greenwalt; datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: refinish dash
I powder-coated my '66 dash with excellent results. Originally did it just
to have more parts done, because I was having my roll-bar powder-coated and
it wouldn't cost any more for more parts. Awful glad I did it.
Fred - So.SF
badroc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Greenwalt" <toddg@amc.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 7:18 AM
Subject: refinish dash
> I am replacing the dash cap and decided to refinish the dash face. My car
is
> a '67 with the textured black surface.
> Any recommendations on how to reproduce the original texture?
> Did anyone do something unique that turned out looking good?
>
> Thanks
> Todd
> Kirkland, WA
>
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