Shane
I did mine this past winter
It takes a bit of time each day for a week, cutting and fitting is simple,
rough up the dash , fill in voinds where the wood has dissappeared with some
kind of putty about any kind will do, then sand smooth again, get yourself
a couple of pieces of plywood 1/2 will do, place glove box in opening to
glue up at same time in order to match wood grain, aply the contact cement (
the good stuff not the cheap stuff) let it dry to touch then place the
vieneer on dash make sure you kind of roll it on, what i do is place shims
between the two then pull out one at a time in order to allow me to make
sure I'm not leaving any bubbles, place between plywood and clamp together
as much as you can with the amount of clamps you have available to you.
Let this sit over night,
Next day, unclamp, take a sharp sharp razor knife exacto type and cut around
the edges, carefully and all the way thru the wood to avoid splintering also
cut from the basckside any of the gauges you plan to put back in or leave the
wood if you are not going to replace anloike the seat belt light or the
dimmer. lightly sand all edges smooth and then glue up the other side of the
glove box and repeat the process for it.
after all is ready lightly sand and wipe clean face of dash with a tack
cloth, pick up some marine grade varnish , uv rated,pour about 1/4 of the
can into a seperate container and mix it with about 1/2 of that with lacquer
thinner, brush this on it will come out real smooth because of thinng, let
dry over night then lightly sand again any imperfections and use the tack
cloth again.
Take about 1/4 of the varnish and add about 1/4 thinner mix and apply AS
BEFORE, wait a day, then do over as many times as you like using this last
mix every time , you can make a mix with about 1/8 thinner for your last one
the thinner helps the finish flow smooth, take your time and clean between
every application and it will look great.
one other trick before applying the finish take black paint around the gauge
holes and make sure it all looks uniform the black will hide any sanding
mistakes you may make do to the very thin veenier
Chet
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