'65 Re-paint dash, glove box door & console

bonll · 01-08-05, 11:52 PM

I want to restore the dash, glove box door & shift console on my 65'.
Anyone have any advice? on the correct paint, to use etc... I was going to strip with paint stripper, primer & then paint.

(the cataloques call out for the correct color interior paint for C2 vettes but can these be used for the dash etc..)?

The lenses, bezel etc... are in good condition but the paint is not.

Maybe I should just them out for restoration?

Thanks again for any help.

Bonll

IH2LOSE · 01-09-05, 02:19 AM

Welcome to the forum.I did this to my 66 some years ago. I had a major problem with an eastwood product with fish eyeing, I guess from all those years of armorall on it was the problem.The console plate I paintstripped,I just sanded the dash.I used a self etching primer for the console and then a satin rustolem black.I am not sure if the color I used was proper but it was the only paint I could get to stick with out a problem.I also used the thin pinstrippers tape to mask out the console plate edges,then used the standard masking tape

Its a bit of work but well worth the effort it really cleans the inside of the car up nice,

tigernut · 01-09-05, 09:53 AM

I had the same fisheye problem with my dash and ended up painting and sanding it down several times, until I was happy.

I had to completely sand down to the fiberglass, scrubbed the bare dash about 3-4 times with a solvent made to remove silicon based products (can't remember the name, just asked for it at the paint shop), then scrubbed with lightly soapy water a couple of times times, one final rinse with straight water and let thoroughly dry.

I used Krylon semi-flat black for the color.

Doing the above took care of the fisheye problem for me.

Like was said above, it makes the interior look great.

Doug

Geek's 65 · 01-09-05, 11:10 AM

This will sound like a bad case of the meee tooo - but same for me and the panel and glove box. First time I did it was nasty looking. Sanding and a light primer coat fixed it. The final black color for both the glove box and the dash was John Deere Blitz Black. It was perfect. Not glossy but not flat or a true satin. The paint was also high quality and went on without a hitch.
Geek

bonll · 01-10-05, 12:09 PM

Thanks

I gotta tell you this is the best forum I've been on since I've started surfing the I-net.
I'm glad its a vette site.

You people make it so.

Thanks again,
Bonll

67HEAVEN · 01-10-05, 04:52 PM

bonll,

Me too on the Krylon Semi-Flat. Nice stuff.

We're glad you're with us.

gec · 01-30-05, 02:30 PM

Just painted my consol plate yesterday, what a pita, using krylon, first I cleaned it with a degreaser then sanded with 400 then 600, painted it & it went nuts..all fisheye, I'm not sure if it was the temp of the plastic or what, resanded & painted it again today & it's much better there were alot of scratches & hardly any paint left on the ashtray before I started.

JohnZ · 01-31-05, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by gec

Just painted my consol plate yesterday, what a pita, using krylon, first I cleaned it with a degreaser then sanded with 400 then 600, painted it & it went nuts..all fisheye, I'm not sure if it was the temp of the plastic or what

That's usually from detailing products that are loaded with silicone (like Armor-All); VERY difficult to get residual silicones out of plastic, then they fisheye like mad when you paint them.

carrollm · 02-02-05, 07:58 PM

"then they fisheye like mad when you paint them....."

You guys aren't painting out back in the snow are you???

I've been pacing.... waiting for the thermobopper to go over 32 degrees.

64 mike

61 Silver · 02-02-05, 08:26 PM

QUOTE=bonll]I want to restore the dash, glove box door & shift console on my 65'.Anyone have any advice? on the correct paint, to use etc... I was going to strip with paint stripper, primer & then paint.

(the cataloques call out for the correct color interior paint for C2 vettes but can these be used for the dash etc..)?

The lenses, bezel etc... are in good condition but the paint is not.

Maybe I should just them out for restoration?

Thanks again for any help.

Bonll[/quote]

I restored my 65 dash a couple of years ago. At the time you could take a part (I used the underside of the speaker grill) to a DuPont paint distributor and they mixed me a quart of Saddle interior lacquer to match. I check on the availability of lacquer at the same outlet and they no longer supply it. You can also add some fish-eye remover to the lacquer if needed. (I did not need to use it) I stripped my dash with fiberglass safe strip, washed very with hot soapy water and then wiped down with lacquer thinner. I applied a primer and then sprayed lacquer. If your Glen Green car has the saddle interior, I believe that you will need a couple different shades of the lacquer. Different parts of the interior have different shades. PPG stills sells lacquer.

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