garyp Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 Just waiting for the seat and door panels to come back from upolstry guy and have got the stainless pieces removed from dash and am polishing and painting them now my problem is the dash itself it is the greyish woodgrain and does not match the car now that it is painted the air maroon color the interior is a light tan color pretty close to original and I took the window and windshield trim pieces and stripped them and polished them until they look like chrome also did the door trim like that . What would be the best color to do the dash in and can it be done while still in the car I really don't want to take the dash out at this time or would a dark woodgrain peel and stick type product work just as well. Thanks in advance as always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dale Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 36 minutes ago, garyp said: Just waiting for the seat and door panels to come back from upolstry guy and have got the stainless pieces removed from dash and am polishing and painting them now my problem is the dash itself it is the greyish woodgrain and does not match the car now that it is painted the air maroon color the interior is a light tan color pretty close to original and I took the window and windshield trim pieces and stripped them and polished them until they look like chrome also did the door trim like that . What would be the best color to do the dash in and can it be done while still in the car I really don't want to take the dash out at this time or would a dark woodgrain peel and stick type product work just as well. Thanks in advance as always. Have you tried going over the dash wood grain with a light polishing compound and or wax ? Might take off the outer layer like they do to restore paintings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desoto1939 Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 Gary, This is rich Hartung call me and I can explain the whole process of how to do wood graining. Rich Hartung cell 484-431-8157 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyp Posted March 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 Dale I tried that but all of the paint comes off and not the woodgrain part it would be pretty easy to take the paint off and polish the metal it would look just like chrome but I am afraid it would be too much chrome and look too gaudy but the old paint needs to come off anyway. I am just not sure. Rich I will give you a call in the AM thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casper50 Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 I would think a darker color of wood graining would work. Here's a photo of my hydrodipped dash. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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