Sanded down all of the epoxy resin, you can see all of the cracks filled in. I never took a picture but i sanded down all of the excess epoxy, it looks like a gray line in the end.
Lots and lots of sanding... almost 4 hours worth all of the dash.
Put down the primer coat, the epoxy still shows through but it won't matter when i put the final texture coat on it.
did a wetsand after this part to smooth it out as much as possible, again i forgot to take a picture..
Texture is on, theres a little bit of a run near the 3 gauge pods, i'll be fixing that as soon as this drys
Realized after taking this picture i left the vents in... Oh well, rubbing alcohol will take the over spray off no problem
All done, you can still see where the cracks where, unfortunately thats because the edges warped from the head of all those years being uncovered in a driveway. When looking directly at the dash you can't see them, it's good enough for me.
I used 1 sheet of 200 grit paper, 1 sheet of 1000 grit paper, Duplicolor black sandable primer, and of all things truck bedliner, i cannot find SURETEX anywhere, and SEM texture paints are 35$ after shipping for 1 can.
Al together, it came to about 19$ to fix my dash board myself. Next stop, center console
Here is the before image, pretty huge improvement.
These are what my gauges will look like when they're re-installed
All done, you can still see where the cracks where, unfortunately thats because the edges warped from the head of all those years being uncovered in a driveway. When looking directly at the dash you can't see them, it's good enough for me.
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