>Anyone have any helpful advice for painting an early TR-4 dashboard white?
>
>I'm not sure if it is something I want to tackle myself.
>I'm historically not a good painter.
>
>Is this something that is going to be ridiculously expensive at a body shop
>because they would have to buy too much of the correct paint?
The original dash finish - correct me if I'm wrong - has a crackle effect. The
dash is also in two parts and the gauges need to be disconnected to remove
them. And the main dash panel is a swine to remove, so...
As my dash had the centre section missing (the car had a nasty wooden dash
retrofitted), I've started making up an ally panel to go over the whole lot
which will let me lose the ashtray and allow more scope to modify for racing
Making up the dash is a big job - and I just bought a centre panel off eBay for
$11 - so I may revert to painting the original
So, to come back to Scott's question, how do you paint it and keep the crackle
finish?
I believe most powder-coating specialists will do crackle finishes but they're
quite tricky to do successfully - particularly on a large, two-piece panel
My original plan was to finish it in gloss body colour. Not original - bu what
the hell...
Nick Froome
http://www.bolide.co.uk
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