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I have a couple of questions (hmm, a pattern )about plastic. The mighty summit of mine has a couple of left over crowbar marks (grr) in the dash. I want to fill these with either bondo or plastic weld. I've sanded em down and smoothed em out, but now what? is their anyway of painting the plastic to match up...or is their anykind of products anyone can reccomened to cover these inperfections. Carpet isn't really and option. Its a summit. Its plastic. Thanks once again for any help, as always, you guys rule
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Most of the spray vinyl dye manufacturers(eg. SEM) have a texture spray to pattern it like the dash. Then you can re-dye the whole thing so the color is even.
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Depending on the color, you can match it nearly exact. Please bare with me on this one: if the dash is gray then take a primer gray and mist the surface until it is completely covered. Then lighlty rough it with about 220+ grit. Then spray a thin coat of clearcoat. The more clearcote, the darker it becomes USUALLY. The second option is go to your local Pepboys (if there's one in your area) and look for a product with the name Mar-Hyde. This is a plastic trim paint that works excellent for all applications. I have used both these methods for my interior repairs and both have exceeded my expectations. Good luck!!!
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Will these also work for the hard plastic trim that the head unit was set in ? (or to be clearer, the hard (black)plastic that the temp. console above the head unit made of?) Thanks for answering, I'm gonna go give it try as soon as I get a day off.
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Any of these techniques should work with any PLASTIC surface of your car. I had to reform alot of my center console due to used Mustang parts being expensive. I then used the methods i wrote to yield astonishing results. Since the Mar-Hyde is a type of "dye-in-a-can" it will permanently bond to any plastic and some composite surfaces. Hope this answers your question. Good Luck!!!
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