Liquid Leather Quick 20 Dashboard Repair Kit

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Step 6 in the booklet is a colour mixing guide and this proved invaluable for colour matching the leather.

Since your car dash is located directly below the windscreen it is constantly exposed to the sun causing the chlorine in the PVC of the vinyl to gradually evaporate. The key to using this filler is to make very small batches and only attempt to fill a couple areas at a time. The use of Armor All is debatable; although it can be used on SEM paints without issue, your dash wouldn’t benefit from it since the dash surface is no longer plastic and SEM paints are already formulated with UV protection. The reason for the V-shaped groove is that it provides something for both the plastic welding stick and padded dash filler to bite into and permanently adhere. Irregularities in the shape of the dash may require you to build-up more texture in some areas than others.

If you choose not to test your dash repair at this stage, you risk possible problems with your repair showing through when you are finished. The repair compounds and kits I have tried on my dash have been disappointing, with mediocre results.

Some of these products contain high VOCs, so be sure to wear the proper respirator and spray only in a well-ventilated area. This SEM product comes with a longer spray nozzle tip that helps to diffuse the product more evenly than the regular spray nozzle. What follows is a list of materials and a step-by-step procedure that I found to work best to make a lasting repair to the E21 dash. Use a Dremel tool with a drum or rotary sander to sand back the puckered vinyl cover until it is fairly flat.The E21 dash does not have a consistent pattern of veining; it's random and difficult to match up, even with a duplicate in hand. I decided that to make the repair blend in with the textured leather, I would create a mould of the texture so that I could match it on my repair. Make sure this is thoroughly clean and wiped with rubbing alcohol creating a grease-free surface to which the repair compounds can properly adhere. I was torn as to which method to go with since there are a few here in the DIY section of the forum but I think I'm going with this one.

However, be careful to only sand down the welding stick and not the actual dash surface, otherwise you will create deep scratches in the plastic and it will take that much more sanding to get them out. Flexible resins are used to give the flexibility required to withstand the expansion and contraction brought about by extreme temperatures. A dash repair made with this type of filler will expand and contact with changes in temperature, unlike Bondo, which will most likely crack and ruin your repair.First, a little background on the welding stick you will be using and why I chose it over other plastic welding materials. Therefore, you should take action at the slightest sign of damage, otherwise it will become time-consuming and costly. The blue clips are normally in the frame of the A pillar but they might come out with the trim like these two did. However, you need to be careful not to heat it up by rubbing too much with the same side of your sandpaper, as this can cause the product to become too soft and will result in a deformed surface. Wipe down the entire dash again and if there are any high spots from the welding stick, you can either re-melt it to reduce its height or sand it down.

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