Jim first time I looked at your facility and boy is it nice. Absolutley
beautiful work you are doing. Hope to see it when I get to Florida in Feb.
Nice to see that there are still craftsmen that do the job right. I was
starting to think they all died off in some kind of epedemic.
>Chip,
>
>Take a look at my web site on the main page (www.gmccoop.com) and see the
>dashes we do. If you want, I'd be glad to step you through doing one.
>Just remember that it may take some screwing up to get the finish right.
>
>Jim Bounds
>--------------
>>I am in the process of repairing and recovering the dash. It is not a fun
>>job but it can be done. I used silicone to fill the voids, covered the
>>cracked areas with duct tape to smooth out any lumps, padded with 1/2" quilt
>>flocking and recovered using "Fine Corintian Leather (aka vinyl). I glued
>>the vinyl to the metal and plastic with a special epoxy made by my buddys
>>company that sticks to the plastic. I am not done, but what I did looks
>>pretty good.
>>
>>Jim Bounds has a crew that does some really nice recovering. I saw some
>>excellent pieces down there. Perhapse he could give you some advice.
>>
>>Ron and Julie
>>73 Palm Beach
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Has anyone had success repairing cracks in the vinyl dashboard? I am
>>> looking at a coach that has sat in the sun and the dash is faded and has
>>> some cracks. Can they be restored or must they be replaced?
>>>
>>> Chip Gremillion
>>> Wannabe GMC'er
>>
>>
>>
>
>
beautiful work you are doing. Hope to see it when I get to Florida in Feb.
Nice to see that there are still craftsmen that do the job right. I was
starting to think they all died off in some kind of epedemic.
>Chip,
>
>Take a look at my web site on the main page (www.gmccoop.com) and see the
>dashes we do. If you want, I'd be glad to step you through doing one.
>Just remember that it may take some screwing up to get the finish right.
>
>Jim Bounds
>--------------
>>I am in the process of repairing and recovering the dash. It is not a fun
>>job but it can be done. I used silicone to fill the voids, covered the
>>cracked areas with duct tape to smooth out any lumps, padded with 1/2" quilt
>>flocking and recovered using "Fine Corintian Leather (aka vinyl). I glued
>>the vinyl to the metal and plastic with a special epoxy made by my buddys
>>company that sticks to the plastic. I am not done, but what I did looks
>>pretty good.
>>
>>Jim Bounds has a crew that does some really nice recovering. I saw some
>>excellent pieces down there. Perhapse he could give you some advice.
>>
>>Ron and Julie
>>73 Palm Beach
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Has anyone had success repairing cracks in the vinyl dashboard? I am
>>> looking at a coach that has sat in the sun and the dash is faded and has
>>> some cracks. Can they be restored or must they be replaced?
>>>
>>> Chip Gremillion
>>> Wannabe GMC'er
>>
>>
>>
>
>
